A former Russian governor, whose arrest sparked massive protests in the far-eastern city of Khabarovsk in 2020, was jailed on Friday for 22 years for allegedly organising two murders.
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Earlier this month, a jury found Furgal, 52, guilty of organising two murders and one attempted murder. Elected in 2018, Furgal, a member of the nationalist Liberal-Democratic Party, embarrassed the ruling United Russia party, securing 70 percent of the vote.Tens of thousands of people in Khabarovsk on the border with China took to the streets for weeks before the rallies eventually died down.
The protesters called for a “fair trial” for Furgal, and not in Moscow, where he has been held since his arrest.
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