29 July 2008, 12:15
Investigation department wants mayor of Kalmykia capital to be summoned to court by force
Radiy Burulov, mayor of Elista, the capital of Kalmykia, may be summoned to court by force. The court is going to pass a decision on his arrest in connection with his abuse of power. An appropriate instruction has been given to the Kalmykia Ministry of Interior. This has been reported today by Vladimir Markin, official representative of the Investigation Committee under the Russian Prosecutor's Office.
"The mayor failed to appear before court under the pretext that he was under treatment at the Stavropol hospital. Upon the request of the court, the investigation department conducted a comprehensive medicolegal examination within the criminal case investigation. In accordance with the examination, Burulov's state of health allows him to take part in the investigation and other procedural actions", reports the ICP representative whom ITAR-TASS cites.
The court proceedings were to start on July 25 upon the request of the investigation officer of the Investigation Committee, Investigation Department under the Russian Prosecutor's Office on Kalmykia, to change the measure of restraint with regard to Burulov. The court session was first postponed by 19 hours, then it was postponed until July 29.
Kalmykia's TV broadcast information to the effect that Elista mayor, who was under medical treatment in Stavropol for coronary disease, had been malingering, while on July 25, having learnt about the arrival of the prosecutor's office representatives, had "fled" by "jumping out of the window ".
Anjelika Gurskaya, Elista mayor's adviser, claims that this information is part of a planned campaign to discredit the mayor. Burulov is too big to get out through the window leaf.
