Alexander Donskoy

Alexander Victorovich Donskoy is a businessman and former mayor of the Northern Russian city of Arkhangelsk. He was the first prominent Russian politician to announce intentions to run in the 2008 Russian presidential election. He was later arrested in July 2007 on charges of economic crimes and abuse of power. He received a three year suspended sentence and two years of probation on March 6, 2008, four days after the conclusion of the 2008 election.