KRASNOGORSK, Russia – Popular regional politician Sergei Furgal was sentenced by a Russian court to 22 years in prison on Friday after it found him guilty of attempted murder and ordering the contract killing of his business rivals.
Furgal, 52, was arrested in July 2020 while governor of the Khabarovsk region, some 6,100km and seven time zones east of Moscow.
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