The administration of Yoshkar-Ola refused to agree on a rally in support of the Khabarovsk residents and the arrested ex-governor of the Khabarovsk Territory Sergei Furgal, which the Mari branch of the LDPR planned to hold on August 22. This was reported on August 14 on the department's website.
Officials referred to the high alert in connection with the epidemic of the coronavirus. However, the restrictions did not prevent the Young Guard of United Russia from holding an open dance master class on August 8.
- Earlier, the Belgorod administration refused to agree on a mass picket in support of the Khabarovsk residents under the same circumstances.
- FSB officers detained Sergei Furgal on July 9 on suspicion of involvement in a number of contract killings. Furgalu's accusation is based on the testimony of Nikolai Mistryukov, who is an accomplice in the case. He was taken to Moscow, where, by decision of the Basmanny District Court of Moscow, he was placed in custody until September 9. On July 20, President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on Furgal's resignation from the post of governor and appointed Mikhail Degtyarev, Furgal's fellow party member in the Liberal Democratic Party, to this post. in Khabarovsk and other Russian cities in support of the ex-governor. have been held Since July 11 , public actions