Mikhail Stolyarov was born on 19 October 1953 in Volzhskoye of the Narimanov district of the Astrakhan Oblast to the family of bakers.
24 Facts About Mikhail Stolyarov
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Mikhail Stolyarov was drafted into the Soviet army and served in the Air Defense Forces in Lithuania.
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In 1990, Mikhail Stolyarov graduated from the Novocherkassk Polytechnic Institute with a degree in Power Supply to Industrial Enterprises in Cities and Agriculture.
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Mikhail Stolyarov retained his place as a regional Duma deputy even after the elections in 2006.
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In parallel with his work in the regional Duma and Astrakhanenergo, Mikhail Stolyarov continued to receive education: in 2003 he graduated from Saratov State University and the Academy of National Economy under the Government of Russia.
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Mikhail Stolyarov held the position of Deputy General Director of IDGC of Center and North Caucasus JSC - Managing Director of Astrakhanenergo JSC in 2007, and then from 2007 to 2008, he was Deputy General Director of IDGC of the South JSC - Managing Director of Astrakhanenergo JSC, and from 2008 to 2009, he was the managing director of Astrakhanenergo as a branch of IDGC of the South, JSC.
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On 16 March 2012, Mikhail Stolyarov officially took office as the mayor of Astrakhan.
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On 13 November 2013, Mikhail Stolyarov was detained by the Ministry of Internal Affairs as part of a criminal case being investigated by the Investigative Committee.
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Mikhail Stolyarov is charged with extorting a bribe in the amount of 10 million rubles and a 25 percent share of the enterprise from a merchant for allocating a plot for the construction of a building.
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On 20 November 2013, Mikhail Stolyarov was charged with taking a bribe on an especially large scale.
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The defendant's lawyer explained that at the moment Mikhail Stolyarov was transferred from the intensive care unit to a separate guarded ward, where he continues to undergo treatment.
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On 26 June 2014, the hearings on the criminal case of Mikhail Stolyarov were to be resumed in the Kirovsky District Court.
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On 4 July 2014 Mikhail Stolyarov was still hospitalized in the city clinical hospital Kirov with exacerbation of diabetes mellitus.
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On 12 August 2014, Mikhail Stolyarov was discharged from the hospital, according to the head physician of the Kirov Clinical Hospital Fyodor Orlov, saying that Mikhail Stolyarov's condition has stabilized, and there is no threat to his life.
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On 21 August 2014, hearings on the criminal case of Mikhail Stolyarov resumed at the Kirovsky District Court of Astrakhan after an almost two-month break.
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On 5 November 2014, the Kirovsky District Court of Astrakhan sentenced the dismissed mayor of the city, Mikhail Stolyarov, accused of taking a bribe, to 10 years in a strict regime colony and a fine of 500 million rubles.
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Mikhail Stolyarov stressed that the defendant did not admit his guilt and refused to testify in court, Interfax reports.
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On 16 January 2015, Aleksandr Klykanov, the chairman of the branch, said at a meeting of the political council of the Astrakhan regional branch of United Russia, said the Mikhail Stolyarov was expelled from the party.
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Mikhail Stolyarov did not specify the exact timing of the complaint.
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On January 13,2016, Mikhail Stolyarov again filed a cassation appeal.
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On 4 February 2021, the ex-mayor of Astrakhan, Mikhail Stolyarov, convicted of bribes on an especially large scale, petitions for the replacement of the remaining, unserved term of imprisonment with a milder form of punishment.
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The hearings in the case of Mikhail Stolyarov were repeatedly postponed.
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On March 2,2021, Mikhail Stolyarov, was released 2.8 years ahead of schedule.
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Mikhail Stolyarov himself reported that in his free time he likes to hunt waterfowl, and spends time in the country, where he is engaged in floriculture.