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Moscow Mayor Calls for Tight Control on Migrants

Moscow mayor, Yury Luzhkov, wants to crack down on outsiders, whom he says are responsible for 40 percent of the Russian capital’s crime, the UPI news agency reported Tuesday.

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April 4, 2007

Human Rights Activists Urge Moscow Mayor to Allow Gay Parade

The Moscow authorities should give the go-ahead to gay pride parades, Alison Gil the head the Moscow office of the Human Rights Watch group, was quoted by the Interfax news agency as saying on Tuesday.

Popularity: 2% [?]

March 21, 2007

Tomsk Mayor Detained on Suspicion of Power Abuse

The Mayor of Tomsk Alexander Makarov suspected of power abuse suffered a heart attack when police searched his office on Wednesday night, a spokesman for the mayor’s office told Itar-Tass on Thursday.

Popularity: 2% [?]

December 7, 2006