Yuri Luzhkov, who as Moscow mayor transformed the drab former capital of the Sov...
MOSCOW - Yuri Luzhkov, who as Moscow mayor transformed the drab former capital of the Soviet Union into a glitzy playground for Russia’s super-rich with help from his construction magnate wife, has died aged 83.
Putin singled out Luzhkov’s work advocating for the Crimean city of Sevastopol to be regarded as a Russian city “despite all the circumstances and diplomatic protocol.” Moscow annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014. Some Muscovites reviled Luzhkov, casting him as a corrupt vandal who as Moscow mayor from 1992 until 2010 tore down many historic buildings to make way for what they described as tasteless modern replacements, some of them built by his wife’s construction company.
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