Today’s show looks at the case against Khabarovsk Governor Sergey Furgal, whom federal agents arrested on Thursday, July 9, and promptly flew him to Moscow where he was arraigned on charges that he organized violence (including several contract killings) against business rivals in 2004 and 2005.

Today's guest is András Tóth-Czifra, a political analyst based in New York and the author of the No Yardstick blog, where he’s written for almost 10 years about Russian politics, often focusing on the country’s more remote regions.

Music and audio:

• Ну погоди, episode 14
• Олег Анофриев, Бременские музыканты, “Говорят, мы бяки-буки”
• Thinking Music by Kevin MacLeod / Link / License

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