Moscow mayor is shown the door
By Anna Malpas | China Daily | Updated: 2010-09-29 07:51
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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (right) and Moscow Mayor Yury Luzhkov tour a Moscow subway on Sept 7. Dmitry Astakhov / Agence France-Presse |
MOSCOW - President Dmitry Medvedev on Tuesday fired Moscow's strongman mayor Yury Luzhkov, ending a controversial 18-year rule that saw the Russian capital boom but also attracted bitter criticism.
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