The First Cassation Court of General Jurisdiction in Saratov has upheld the sentence of former Khabarovsk Territory Governor Sergei Furgal, who was sentenced to 22 years in prison for organizing two murders and one attempted murder, TASS reports.
The court also considered the businessman’s appeals. Andrey Paley and former security inspector at Mendeleevo Airport in Yuzhno-Kurilsk Marat KadyrovThe convicts took part in the meeting via video conference: Furgal from Moscow pre-trial detention centre No. 2, Paley and Kadyrov from the colonies in the Khabarovsk Territory.
“The panel of judges ruled: the verdict of the Lyubertsy City Court of the Moscow Region with the participation of jurors dated February 10, 2023 and the appeal ruling of the Moscow Regional Court dated November 15, 2023 in relation to Sergei Ivanovich Furgal, Marat Fanilievich Kadyrov, Andrey Sergeevich Paley shall not be changed, the cassation appeals of the convicted persons and their defenders – without satisfaction.” – said Judge Oksana Kuzmina.
Furgal Lawyer Polina Nemchinova He said the defense did not agree with the court’s decision.
“We will appeal to the Supreme Court,” he said.
