[3] One year into his term, Cherepkov was accused of accepting bribes and was suspended from his duties as mayor.

[3][4] Although the local prosecutor dropped the charges against Cherepkov in November 1994, Russian President Boris Yeltsin signed an executive order removing him from his post.

[3] He regained the mayorship in 1996 after the State Duma passed a resolution declaring his removal from office illegal.

Cherepkov's return to office lasted only two years with Yeltsin reversing course and suspending the mayor again in November 1998.

[4] Cherepkov died of cancer on the morning of 2 September 2017 in the Central Clinical Hospital of Moscow.