User:SM358/Protests in the Khabarovsk territory (2020)

Thousands of uncoordinated protest actions in the Khabarovsk territory were held on July 11 and 12, 2020 in Khabarovsk, Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Nikolayevsk-on-Amur and other cities of the region in connection with the arrest of the current Governor Sergei Furgal.

Prehistory
In 2018, Sergey Furgal won the election Of Governor of the Khabarovsk territory, beating the candidate from the United Russia party. After that, Khabarovsk was stripped of its status as the capital of the far Eastern Federal district.

In 2019, elections to the legislative Assembly of the Khabarovsk territory ended with the defeat of the Pro-government party.

On July 9, 2020, the current Governor of the region, Sergei Furgal, was detained by the TFR and transferred to Moscow on the same day. Later, as it became known, the detention is connected with a criminal case of 15 years ago under the articles of organizing murders. We can talk about the murders of businessmen Eugene Zori in 2004, Oleg Bulatov in 2005 and the attempt on the entrepreneur Alexander Smolsky on July 24, 2004. Furgal is also being checked for possible involvement in other crimes.

On July 10, 2020, the Basmanny court of Moscow ordered the arrest of the suspect in the murders of the Governor for 2 months; the trial was held in closed mode.

Later it became known that the defense intends to appeal the decision to arrest.

Timeline
The first protests took place on July 10, the day after the arrest on July 9. According to various estimates, on July 11, only in Khabarovsk, from 10 to 40 thousand people gathered for the action. According to local media, the number of people gathered in Khabarovsk exceeded the number of participants in the latest "Immortal regiment" actions, which gathered up to 60 thousand people. According to estimates of the Ministry of internal Affairs, from 10 to 12 thousand people took part in the protest actions, according to the Kommersant newspaper, only in Khabarovsk the number of those gathered could be from 30 to 35 thousand people. In the media, the rally was called the largest in the history of Khabarovsk.

On July 12, the number of participants in uncoordinated actions in support of Governor Sergei Furgal was 2 thousand people in Khabarovsk and 300-500 people in Komsomolsk-on-Amur.

On the evening of July 12, the third unauthorized protest in support of Governor Furgal took place in the center of Khabarovsk, which was attended by up to 3 thousand people.

In addition to rallies, the Internet campaign "I/We Sergey Furgal", which is actively distributed in social networks, pickets and various kinds of car rallies, has become popular.

Links

 * 11 июля. Митинг в поддержку Сергея Фургала (запись)
 * Митинг в поддержку Сергея Фургала. День второй. Часть 1 (запись)
 * Митинг в поддержку Сергея Фургала. День второй. Часть 2 (запись)
 * Вечерний митинг в поддержку Сергея Фургала. День второй. Часть 1 (запись)
 * Вечерний митинг в поддержку Сергея Фургала. День второй. Часть 2 (запись)