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Article: The Boss: How Yuri Luzhkov Runs Moscow.
- Article from:
- Demokratizatsiya
- Article date:
- January 1, 2000
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Since his appointment as mayor in 1992, Yuri Luzhkov has transformed Moscow from a drab, oppressive colossus into a gaudy symbol of post-Soviet Russia. More than ever before, Moscow is the economic, political, and cultural hub of the nation. Banks, politicians, cultural and intellectual institutions, information and media centers, fashion trends, and popular culture all center in the city.
Luzhkov has been instrumental in making Moscow far richer than other parts of Russia. The monthly cash income of the average Muscovite is more than fifteen times greater than that of the average inhabitant of Ingushetia, the country's poorest region. Although the city has only ...