The prosecutor requested 25 years in prison for the ex-governor of the Khabarovsk Territory in the second case.

The state prosecution asked to be found guilty and sentenced to 22 years in prison to serve his sentence in a high-security penal colony for the former governor of the Khabarovsk Territory, Sergei Furgal, in the case of embezzlement of SME Bank assets. This was reported to Izvestia in court on October 15.

Together with the previous sentence, the requested term of serving the sentence is 25 years. In addition, the prosecutor requested a fine of 11 million rubles.

For the other defendants in the case, the prosecution requested terms ranging from four years in a general regime colony to 22 years in a high-security colony.

In addition to Furgal, Nikolai Shukhov, a lawyer for Torex Group enterprises, was sentenced to 22 years in a penal colony, Yuri Zolochevsky, a financial consultant, was sentenced to 21 years in a penal colony, and Dmitry Kozlov, Deputy Director for Security at Torex—Khabarovsk LLC, was sentenced to 21 years in a high-security penal colony.

Evgeny Averyanov, Director of Far Eastern Monolith LLC, also served 15.5 years in a strict regime colony, and Galina Oleinikova, Chief Accountant of Torex, served 20 years in a general regime colony.,

In addition, Svetlana Osipenko, Deputy Chief Accountant, received 12 years in a general regime penal colony, Vladislav Karmashkov, financial director of the same organization, received 17 years in a penal colony, Gennady Savochkin, director of Stroitel LLC, received 18 years in a high—security penal colony, Dmitry Golovanov, Chairman of the Board of the Russian Bank for Support of Small and Medium—Sized Enterprises, received 4 years in a general regime colony. the mode.

Furgal was detained in Khabarovsk in 2020. The ex-governor was charged with organizing contract killings committed by him when he was engaged in business activities (from 1999 to 2005). In 2021, the ex-governor's lawyer stated that a new criminal case had been opened against Furgal under Article 210 of the Criminal Code ("Organization of a criminal community") and several episodes of Article 159 of the Criminal Code ("Fraud").

In February 2024, a jury found the ex-governor guilty of organizing two murders and one attempted murder, as well as arms trafficking, but the statute of limitations on this episode has expired. Furgal was sentenced to 22 years in a high-security penal colony for organizing the murders of competitors in 2004-2005. At the same time, his defense, represented by lawyer Boris Kozhemyakin, announced its intention to appeal the verdict.

In September last year, the court upheld the sentence of Furgal, who was sentenced to 22 years for organizing two murders and one attempted murder.

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