INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
violation of his constitutional rights by the Moscow region court hearing his case, independent Russian media outlet Sotavision reported on
go on hunger strike stems from the judge at his trial refusing to allow further witness questioning by his defense team and ignoring defense
Furgal proved to be a popular governor and his arrest and removal from office led to months-long protests attracting tens of thousands of
ensuring the region's budget was spent locally, local journalist Tatyana Khlestunova, who spent 13 days in police custody for covering the
protests, told The Moscow Times
even in prison, Furgal still receives "dozens of letters" from his former constituents, and answers them all, she added.Supporters of the
former governor have always maintained that the criminal cases implicating him are politically motivated, and Furgal has always denied the
"The initial goal was to remove Furgal and appoint a Kremlin appointee, and they managed to do that quite successfully," Dmitry Timoshenko,
a journalist from Khabarovsk who now lives outside Russia, told The Moscow Times."The second goal was to make sure that Furgal was forgotten
But, as we can all see, this one was more of a problem
Even war cannot erase Furgal from the memory of the people."
