Kremlin Fires Iconic Moscow Mayor Yury Luzhkov after 18 Years - TIME

Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, left, listens to Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov during their meeting in Moscow, Aug. 10, 2010
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(MOSCOW) — Russia's president on Tuesday fired Yury Luzhkov, ending the 18-year rule of the Moscow mayor who gave the crumbling capital a glamorous facelift but was maligned for outdated ...