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Moscow Mayor Sobyanin Reelected: Election Official
A senior Russian election official announced Sunday that Sergei Sobyanin had won a “convincing” reelection as Moscow’s mayor, a vote the Russian opposition said was predetermined. “The winner is unequivocally already known. All of us here in the hall congratulate Sergei Semyonovich (Sobyanin) on such a convincing victory,” the official, Nikolay Bulayev, said in an […]
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Sergei Sobyanin: Putin’s Technocrat Mayor Keeping Moscow Calm
Stony-faced and reserved, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin has been entrusted by the Kremlin to keep Russia’s capital running smoothly through mass opposition protests, the disastrous pandemic and now regular Ukrainian drone attacks. Sobyanin has presided over Europe’s largest city for almost 13 years and is part of an elite class of technocrats quietly keeping the […]
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