MOSCOW. Feb 8 (Interfax) - The state prosecutor has asked the court to sentence Sergei Furgal, a former governor of Russia's Khabarovsk Territory found guilty by a jury of murders, to 23 years in a high-security penal colony, a spokesperson for the Moscow Region Court told Interfax on Wednesday.
"The state prosecutor asked the court to conclusively sentence Sergei Furgal to 23 years in a high-security correctional facility," the spokesperson said.
The state prosecutor requested terms of 10.5 years, 17 years and 22 years in a high-security penitentiary to three other defendants in this case - Marat Kadyrov, Andrei Palei and Andrei Karepov.