MOSCOW, July 9 — Russian investigators today arrested the governor of a far eastern region on suspicion he arranged to have a number of businessmen murdered. Investigators said Sergei Furgal, governor of the Khabarovsk region, was suspected of crimes that took place between 2004 and 2005 in...
Members of Russian security forces detain Governor of Khabarovsk Region Sergei Furgal. Investigative Committee of Russia pic via REUTERS
Furgal, 50, is suspected of being the “organiser of murder and attempted murder of a number of entrepreneurs,” the Investigative Committee, which probes major crimes, said in a statement.Komsomolskaya Pravda tabloid newspaper reported that the case concerns two murders and one attempted murder with one of the murder victims Furgal’s former business partner.
Furgal was detained close to his home as he prepared to leave for work, the governor’s press service wrote on his Instagram page.
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