Angry Khabarovsk Votes On Replacement For Arrested Popular Governor

KHABAROVSK, Russia -- The Kremlin set off a revolt of sorts in July 2020 when law enforcement arrested the popular governor of the Khabarovsk region, Sergei Furgal, and replaced him with a temporary appointee from Moscow, Mikhail Degtyaryov.

Many in the region took the move as a personal affront and overreach from a controlling central government in faraway Moscow, and they took to the streets for months of prote