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Russian governor arrested on suspicion of ordering murders

Moscow, July 9(UNI) The governor of Russia's far-eastern Khabarovsk region was arrested on Thursday on suspicion of orchestrating the murder of a string of entrepreneurs about 15 years ago, Al Jazeera reported.
According to sources Sergey Furgal is believed to be the "organiser of an attempted murder and the murder of a number of businesspeople" in 2004 and 2005, according to a statement published on Thursday by Russia's top investigative agency.
Four members of the organised criminal group with whom Furgal was allegedly linked have been convicted for their roles in the murders, committed in Khabarovsk and the neighbouring Amur region, said the Investigative Committee that handles investigations into serious crimes.
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