Редакция S04E255 - Через губернаторское кресло на скамью подсудимых: история Сергея Фургала / Редакция контекст

This week ends one of the most high-profile stories that happened before February 24 - the verdict will be announced to the former governor of the Khabarovsk Territory, Sergei Furgal. The jury has already delivered its verdict and found that he does not deserve leniency on any of the charges.

Many of you probably remember that after the arrest of Furgal in Khabarovsk, mass protests took place for several months, which at first were not dispersed, and the governor himself was called "people's" - he was a candidate from the Liberal Democratic Party and was elected on a wave of protest moods. Now Furgal has been convicted of murder, the first such case among former Russian governors.

We decided to remember who Furgal is, what he was accused of, what he was convicted of, and why his supporters are sure that if he is guilty, it is not what he will be sentenced for