Protests in support of former Governor Sergei Furgal took place in Khabarovsk and Novosibirsk. Today marks three years since his arrest.
В Khabarovsk just before the start of the action, security forces detained Sixteen activists were stationed near their homes and taken away for questioning as witnesses in the criminal case of the arson of a military registration and enlistment office. All were later released without charges.
In addition, traffic police officers amounted to An administrative protocol "based on an unspecified offense" was issued against the driver of the minibus that was transporting activists to the protest site.
Despite this, approximately 20 people held a collective picket in Hyde Park. They chanted, "The people are the power," "The voice of the people must be respected," and "The case is fabricated." Police officers questioned the protesters.
To pickets in support of Sergei Furgal got out and residents NovosibirskOne of them is traditionally nursed pigeons, laying out "Freedom for Furgal" on the asphalt with millet.
Sergey Furgal He was elected governor in 2018. He defeated the then-incumbent regional governor, a United Russia member, by a landslide. Vyacheslav Shport.
During his tenure, Furgal banned officials from flying business class, eliminated ministries he considered useless, and generally cut budget spending on officials' salaries.
After the arrest of the governor, residents of the Khabarovsk Territory began to regularly go out at a rally in his support. Residents of several other Russian regions joined them. Sergei Furgal was cemented as the "people's governor."
In February of this year, the court sentenced Furgal was sentenced to 22 years in a maximum-security penal colony. He was found guilty of organizing the murders of two businessmen. Oleg Bulatov и Evgeniya Zori — in the mid-2000s.
At court hearings, the former governor maintained his innocence, pointing out numerous inconsistencies in the investigation's version of events and the testimony of the prosecution's key witnesses.
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