Sergey Furgal

The former governor of the Khabarovsk Territory, Sergei Furgal (pictured), who was sentenced to 22 years in a strict regime colony for organizing the murders of entrepreneurs, appealed the verdict.

The former governor will serve his sentence in a high-security colony.

The state prosecutor in the Moscow Regional Court in the case of the ex-governor of the Khabarovsk Territory Sergey Furgal proposed to appoint the defendant 23 years in a strict regime colony.

The jury found the former head of the Khabarovsk Territory Sergey Furgal guilty of the attempted murder of entrepreneur Alexander Smolsky and the contract killings of entrepreneurs Oleg Bulatov and Evgeny Zori.

During the debate of the parties in the Moscow Regional Court, the ex-governor of the Khabarovsk Territory, Sergei Furgal (pictured), declared his innocence of committing serious crimes of which he is accused.

The son of Andrei Karepov (pictured on the right), a defendant in the case of the former governor of the Khabarovsk Territory, Sergey Furgal, was kidnapped and beaten, demanding to refuse to help his father.

The RusNews journalist who covered the actions in support of the former governor of the Khabarovsk Territory Sergey Furgal in Khabarovsk, and the author of the blog "Sergey News" Sergey Plotnikov (pictured) said that unknown persons wearing masks had kidnapped him.

For two months, the investigation has not been able to bring the main charge to the former governor of the Khabarovsk Territory Sergei Furgal, who was arrested in the 15-year-old case of contract killings. It concerns the murder of businessman Yevgeny Zori.