An unexpected turn of events for many citizens of the country, and even more so for the residents of Moscow, was the noisy resignation of the “permanent” measure of the capital city of the seventy-four-year-old Yuri Luzhkov, who has undeniable weight in the domestic political arena and has been active in such an important position since 1992, who “survived” Yeltsin, Putin, Medvedev.
The trust
The early termination of Yuri Luzhkov’s powers, which occurred in connection with the signing of a presidential decree on the morning of September 28, 2010, has overgrown with a huge number of rumors and speculation, however, the notorious “loss of confidence” in the eyes of the current authorities of the country has been and remains the official version. Interestingly, such important news caught Luzhkov on vacation, returning from which he was never able to receive the audience of the president, who flatly refused to meet with the now disgraced former mayor.
A family
Among other reasons for dismissal from such a privileged post, analysts are inclined to name the facts of corruption by a high-ranking official and members of his family, because it is not a secret at all that Luzhkov’s wife Ekaterina Baturina for many years wore the title of one of the richest women in the country and had serious business related to building metropolitan lands.
Fire
Perhaps, many Russians still have fresh ecological memory in the summer of 2010: dense smoke from the fires of numerous forests enveloped many cities of the country, children, old people, pregnant women suffered. Luzhkov’s inaction that year, completely detached from solving the important problem of the capital region and hastily leaving the city, was met with serious criticism from the government.
To criticism, Yuri Mikhailovich chose to "snap", speaking sharply in favor of the current party in power.
Since then, in fact, persecution has begun, which has led a high-ranking official to such a deplorable end to a long-term career.
