Moscow's new mayor to tackle corruption
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October 22, 2010, Friday
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MOSCOW needs more open government to combat corruption and bureaucracy, new Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said yesterday as the longtime lieutenant of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin was formally approved by the city council.
The council, dominated by Putin's ruling United Russia party, confirmed Sobyanin by a 32-2 vote to replace Yuri Luzhkov, who had held office for 18 years but was sacked by President Dmitry Medvedev last month after an escalating feud.
Sobyanin takes over a city of 10.5 million that is a showcase of Russia's progress.
In remarks to the council ahead of a vote whose outcome was never in doubt, Sobyanin vowed to tackle the corruption, excessive bureaucracy and mismanagement he said had undermined Moscow's post-Soviet revival.
"The city has changed for the better and taken its rightful place as a leading global megapolis," Sobyanin said. "But in recent years it is clear that many opportunities have been missed. The pace of development has gradually slowed.
"I am deeply convinced that corruption and bureaucracy threaten to devalue many if not all of Moscow's competitive advantages," Sobyanin, who was sworn in later yesterday, said in a hearing televised from the small chamber.
"It is obvious that the city needs a more open and effective system of management."
Sobyanin, 52, became Kremlin chief of staff in 2005, when Putin was president, and stayed with Putin when he became prime minister after steering Medvedev into the presidency in 2008.
Confirmed after a cold, hard rain slowed traffic and made the morning commute even worse for Muscovites than usual, he vowed steps to ease "the most visible imbalance in the city's development - the crisis in the transport system."
He said he would maintain or raise the relatively high pensions and other benefits Muscovites enjoy.
The council, dominated by Putin's ruling United Russia party, confirmed Sobyanin by a 32-2 vote to replace Yuri Luzhkov, who had held office for 18 years but was sacked by President Dmitry Medvedev last month after an escalating feud.
Sobyanin takes over a city of 10.5 million that is a showcase of Russia's progress.
In remarks to the council ahead of a vote whose outcome was never in doubt, Sobyanin vowed to tackle the corruption, excessive bureaucracy and mismanagement he said had undermined Moscow's post-Soviet revival.
"The city has changed for the better and taken its rightful place as a leading global megapolis," Sobyanin said. "But in recent years it is clear that many opportunities have been missed. The pace of development has gradually slowed.
"I am deeply convinced that corruption and bureaucracy threaten to devalue many if not all of Moscow's competitive advantages," Sobyanin, who was sworn in later yesterday, said in a hearing televised from the small chamber.
"It is obvious that the city needs a more open and effective system of management."
Sobyanin, 52, became Kremlin chief of staff in 2005, when Putin was president, and stayed with Putin when he became prime minister after steering Medvedev into the presidency in 2008.
Confirmed after a cold, hard rain slowed traffic and made the morning commute even worse for Muscovites than usual, he vowed steps to ease "the most visible imbalance in the city's development - the crisis in the transport system."
He said he would maintain or raise the relatively high pensions and other benefits Muscovites enjoy.
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