Alexei ulyukayev biography
Alexei ulyukayev biography
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The highest-ranking Russian lawmaker to be jailed since the breakup of the Soviet Union has been released early from prison, where he was serving an eight-year term for bribery.
Russian news agencies reported last month that the former economic development minister, Alexei Ulyukayev, would be freed after less than five years of his sentence in a case that shook Russia's political establishment.
Ulyukayev left Correctional Colony No.
1 in the Tver region, about 90 miles northwest of Moscow, on Thursday in a Range Rover SUV that was accompanied by two other vehicles without license plates, Radio Free Europe reported.
The release comes as Russia faces economic hardship and political turmoil nearly three months after the start of President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine.
He was released after prosecutors decided not to appeal a court ruling last month that accepted his request for early parole, with the court noting his "good behavior."
Ulyukayev had been jailed following a D