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Is Putin taking the protests in Khabarovsk into account? Here’s what his spokesman said.
Source: Meduza
Russian President Vladimir Putin is following the investigation into the case of the Khabarovsk Territory’s Governor Sergey Furgal, as well as the situation in the region (Khabarovsk recently saw its largest ever protests following Furgal’s arrest on charges of organizing multiple contract killings). According to Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, Putin “will be guided by this information” during the appointment of the territory’s acting governor. Previously, presidential envoy Yuri Trutnev expressed the opinion that the Kremlin underestimated the degree to which the population was tired of Furgal’s predecessor, Vyacheslav Shport. That said, he underscored that the protests in Khabarovsk wouldn’t influence the outcome of Furgal’s case.
Cover photo: Dmitry Morgulis / TASS / Scanpix / LETA
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