Three activists from Khabarovsk were charged with walking around the city with flags in support of Sergei Furgal, they themselves reported this to OVD-Info.
Activists were detained for the action, which took place on September 12. On that day, they went to the center of Khabarovsk with the flags of the city, the Khabarovsk Territory and the Amur Region.
Actions in support of the arrested Governor Furgal
For two participants in the walk named Frolova and Khudyakov, protocols were drawn up on violation of the rules for holding public events (part 5 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses), for another, named Golobokov, on a repeated violation rally article (part 8 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses).
In a commentary to OVD-Info, the activists said that on September 12 they took part in a “daily walk” in support of the ex-governor of the Furgal region.
The former head of the Khabarovsk Territory, Sergei Furgal, is accused of contract killingsbusinessmen in 2004-2005, attempted murders, illegal acquisition of weapons, criminal community organizationsand fraud. In addition, the Investigative Committee opened a case on fraud at the Amurstal plant related to ex- Furgal's wife.
In the summer of 2020, the ex-governor was placed under arrest, which led to months of protests in Khabarovsk. Furgal is being tried in the Lyubertsy City Court of the Moscow Region. Furgal himself linked his case with a conflict with a former partner of the Rotenberg brothers.
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