Irkutsk in March 2012. On 3 September 2015 the Kuibyshev district court granted parole for Makarov. On 11 September the prosecutor's office appealed the court's decision before the Irkutsk Regional Court dismissed their appeal on 8 June 2016: The action the Kuibyshev District Court of Irkutsk took on the parole Alexander Makarov was declared lawful; he was released the following day. Sentence Tomsk Mayor Alexander Makarov 12 years in prison for abuse of office, blackmail and bribe-taking - this is a harsh sentence passed to the head of the Russian city at that time. In August 2016 the mayor of Yaroslavl Yevgeny Urlashov on charges of extorting bribes to learn more than Makarov: colony. References External links Mayor's Web Page Арест мэра города Томска Александра Макарова ДЕЛО АЛЕКСАНДРА МАКАРОВА Александр Макаров: «Вся страна превратилась в большую колонию» Russian politicians 1946 births Living people Tomsk State Pedagogical University alumni Siberian State Medical University alumni