Former Daugavpils Mayor Rihards Eigims Sentenced for Bribery
Rihards Eigims, the former mayor of Daugavpils in Latvia, has been sentenced to one and a half years in prison for bribery. The news has prompted a look back at his political career.
It has recently emerged that Rihards Eigims, the former mayor of the Latvian city of Daugavpils, has been sentenced to one and a half years in prison for bribery. The verdict marks a major turn for a politician who was once arguably the best-known and most influential figure from Daugavpils in the country.
Why Eigims is back in the news
In recent years Eigims's name has rarely appeared in the media, so the sentence has brought his earlier public role back to mind. The news portal TVNET has put together a retrospective of the most prominent moments of his career, running up to the point where bribery came into the picture.
What is known about the verdict
The source states only that the former mayor received a prison term of one and a half years for bribery. It gives no further details on the circumstances of the case, the court instance or any possible appeal.
