Russia plans to replace arrested governor despite unrest in far east
by Andrew Roth in Moscow from on (#55WY4)
Thousands take to streets to protest at removal of Sergei Furgal, who faces murder charges
The Kremlin is poised to replace a governor from Russia's far east charged with multiple murders, potentially kindling a fresh round of public anger that has already ignited the largest protests in the region's history.
As many as 50,000 people took to the streets on Saturday in Khabarovsk, a city 6,100 miles east of Moscow, to demand the return of Sergei Furgal, a former scrap metals trader charged with the murder of two business rivals and the attempted killing of a third in 2004-05.
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