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Governor of Russia’s Khabarovsk region ARRESTED by FSB in crime gang & assassinations probe (VIDEO) Governor of Russia’s Khabarovsk region ARRESTED by FSB in crime gang & assassinations probe (VIDEO)
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Federal Security Service agents have detained the governor of Russia’s Khabarovsk Region, Sergey Furgal, on suspicion of organizing a criminal group linked to a series of murders of entrepreneurs over a decade ago. Federal Security Service agents have arrested Sergey Furgal, the governor of Russia’s Khabarovsk Region, on suspicion of organizing the murders of multiple businessmen over a decade ago.
The politician is suspected of organizing a criminal gang and ordering “a series of murders and assassination attempts” back in 2004-2005. Russia’s Investigative Committee shared a video of Furgal’s arrest in a Thursday morning raid, but included scant details about the ongoing investigation.  The politician is accused of running a criminal gang and ordering the assassination of “a number of entrepreneurs” between 2004 and 2005. Russia’s Investigative Committee shared a video of Furgal’s arrest in a Thursday morning raid, but few details about the investigation.
Besides Furgal, four other suspects were arrested, all members of the same gang linked to a series of crimes against local businessmen in Khabarovsk and nearby Amur regions, according to investigators. According to a source from TASS news agency, the case includes “at least two episodes of murder and one attempted murder” – the murders of Yevgeny Zori in 2004 and Oleg Bulatov in 2005, and the attempted assassination of businessman Alexander Smolsky.
Authorities have yet to press official charges against the member of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR), who has led the Far Eastern region of Khabarovsk since 2018. Besides Governor Furgal, the authorities previously arrested four other alleged members of the same organized crime group, based in Russia’s Far East.
Furgal has been governor since September 2018, and is a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. In the last election, he beat incumbent Vyacheslav Shport, the candidate from Russia’s ruling political party, United Russia. Before becoming a politician, Furgal headed a company that traded timber, and then a scrap iron business.
In 2019, the authorities arrested another man that once held the same post as Furgal – former Khabarovsk Region Governor Viktor Ishaev. He is accused of embezzlement, stealing money from state oil company Rosneft. Ishaev was a member of United Russia, and following his stint as governor, was chosen by Putin to be his presidential plenipotentiary envoy in the Far East.
According to media reports, Furgal will be fired by Russian President Vladimir Putin due to a loss of confidence.
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