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firing a mayor, part 2: still, only in Russia.

September 29, 2010 by

On the way to work on Monday I listened to a report on NPR about the sacking of the Mayor of Moscow, Russia, by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. Where I’m from, mayors are independently elected officials, so it struck me as similar to President Obama firing Mayor Bloomberg of New York. Apparently, the Mayor in question–Yury Luzhkov–is […]

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