Gennady Konyakhin
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Gennady Vladimirovich Konyakhin (Russian: Геннадий Владимирович Коняхин, born 25 April 1959)[1] is a Russian businessman and former politician. He was elected mayor of the West-Siberian mining city of Leninsk-Kuznetsky in April 1997.
He became known Russiawide after publications in the Izvestia newspaper, in which he was associated with the criminals.[2] Russian president Boris Yeltsin cited the election of Konyakhin as an example of "bandits' strive for power."[3] Konyakhin was arrested October 8, 1997 in Moscow and charged with misappropriation of government funds.[4] On November 18, 1998, he was sentenced to a four-year suspended sentence.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Konyakhin Gennady Vladimirovich
- ^ "Konyakhin defends his thesis" (in Russian). November 17, 2011.
- ^ "President wants to change the law to remove mayor of Leninsk-Kuznetsky". Kommersant (in Russian). September 30, 1997.
- ^ "SIBERIAN MAYOR ARRESTED". October 9, 1997.
- ^ Yevgenia Ivankova (December 23, 1998). "THE CONTRACT FAILED. NOW WHAT? For Now, Former Leninsk-Kuznetsky Mayor Gennady Konyakhin Plans to Return Only to Business".
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