The Moscow Regional Court has upheld a 22-year prison term for Sergei Furgal, the former governor of the Khabarovsk Territory. This outcome was reported by RIA News, citing the judicial press service for the case details.
The court noted that the Lyubertsy City Court of the Moscow Region had made a decision to preserve the sentence, and that any objections would not be satisfied if left unchanged. The ruling also indicated that the case would be reviewed solely to determine the amount of procedural costs recoverable from the defendants.
According to the press service, the sentence has entered into legal force and is set to be executed in the near term.
On February 10, Furgal received a 22-year term in prison after being found guilty of organizing contract killings in 2004 and 2005. The judge stated that an illegal gun acquisition charge was removed from the case due to the expiration of the statute of limitations. On February 2, the former governor was convicted, following a prosecution request that the court impose a maximum-security sentence of 23 years based on the jury verdict. Furgal has been in custody since July 2020.
Earlier, the proceedings in Moscow began a second trial concerning Furgal’s case.