“The governor was already going to come to Moscow on Tuesday, write a statement of his own free will. Why did you arrest him on Thursday? Someone wanted to show their muscles. He flew already, flew to me, of his own free will. I persuaded ”, - quotes RIA Novosti the words of Zhirinovsky.
July 20, Russian President Vladimir Putin dismissed the arrested governor of the Khabarovsk Territory Sergei Furgal in connection with the loss of confidence. In early July, Furgal was detained as part of an investigation into the organization of the murders of businessmen in 2004-2005.
LDPR representative Mikhail Degtyarev became the new acting head of the region.