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Article: Luzhkov Faces Challenge In Mayor Elections.(Moscow mayor Yuri Luzhkov)(Brief Article)
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- NEFTE Compass
- Article date:
- November 18, 1999
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Moscow mayor and presidential hopeful Yuri Luzhkov is facing two challengers in next month's elections for mayor: Pavel Borodin, head of the Kremlin's administration department, and Sergei Kirienko, a former prime minister, have registered as candidates.
Both are likely to have oil interests behind them. Borodin has been linked with Moscow trader Mes (NC Sep.9,p6). Kirienko, a former fuel and energy minister, also headed the Norsi Oil Co in Nizhny Novgorod.
Luzhkov remains favorite to be reelected, despite a media campaign against him that is believed to have been orchestrated by his opponents in the Kremlin and backed by business tycoon Boris Berezovsky. ...