Sergey Sobyanin

17 Oct 2013 in 10:32

Moscow mayor offers plan to move all vegetable warehouses

Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin said that disorders at Biryulyovo on Sunday had been provoked by high density of migrants working at the Pokrovskaya Vegetable Warehouse and trigger by murder of Yegor Shcherbakov, Vedomosti reports.The mayor proposed a plan to replace all vegetable warehouses with automatic warehouses and move out of the city. The facilities should be checked more often than it is allowed in the 2010 law on reduction of administrative pressure, Sobyanin believes.

4 Oct 2013 in 11:57

Gloomy autumn Moscow to be laser coloured

The Olympic flame will be greeted in “The Circle of Light”

13 Sep 2013 in 14:06

German mass media on Navalny

“Moscow residents showed “yellow card” to the authorities”

13 Sep 2013 in 10:26

Moscow mayor dismisses city government

Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin has dismissed the city government, according to articles 40 and 41 of the Moscow City Charter and article 6 of the Moscow Law of December 20, 2006, RIA Novosti reports.The government will continue work until formation of a new one.

10 Sep 2013 in 20:19

World press on Moscow mayoral elections (September 10, 2013)

37-year-old Alexey Navalny has strengthened his position as the leader of the anti-Kremlin opposition. He was supported by 30 percent of those who voted in the Moscow mayoral elections, El Pais writes. "The Moscow Electoral Commission published the number of voters several hours late. That is why many people believe that this time was used for ballot-box stuffing so that incumbent mayor Sergey Sobyanin would win in the first round," the article reads. 

10 Sep 2013 in 14:59

Moscow mayor to be inaugurated on Thursday

Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin will be inaugurated on September 12, RIA Novosti reports.Sobyanin won the elections of September 8 with 51.37% of votes, followed by oppositionist Alexey Navalny with 27.24%.

9 Sep 2013 in 10:44

Final results of Moscow mayor election results announced

Valentine Gorbunov, head of the Moscow City Electoral Commission, has announced the final results of the Moscow mayor elections: Sergey Sobyanin 51.37% of votes, Alexey Navalny 27.24%, RIA Novosti reports.32.07% of Moscow residents gave votes.

9 Sep 2013 in 10:16

Sobyanin wins Moscow mayor elections

Moscow acting Mayor Sergey Sobyanin has got 51.33% of votes, Alexey Navalny got 27.27%, Ivan Melnikov got 10.7%, according to 99.83% of protocols processed.

8 Sep 2013 in 12:34

Elections held in 80 out of 83 Russian regions

On September 8th local elections are being held in 80 out of 83 Russian regions. Heads of regional administration are being elected in 8 regions, regional legislatures are being elected in 16 regions, and 8 regional capital cities are electing their mayors.

6 Sep 2013 in 11:08

Election on September 8th: municipal filters don’t work

Mikhail Barshchevsky on drawbacks of the electoral system

27 Aug 2013 in 14:33

Experts discuss preparations for Moscow mayor elections

Valery Fyodorov, Director General of WCIOM, Oleg Matveychev, a professor of the Higher Economic School, Yevgeny Minchenko, Director of the International Institute for Political Expertise, and Constantine Kalachyov, have discussed preparations for elections of the Moscow mayor.

22 Aug 2013 in 11:24

Moscow needs only 200,000 foreign workers - mayor

Moscow acting Mayo Sergey Sobyanin said that the city needed only 200,000 foreign workers, Interfax reports.The acting mayor noted that there was a deficit of about 2 million workplaces in the city. Over half of vacancies are occupied by residents of the Moscow Region. Many workers arrive from Russian regions.Sobyanin added that the number of foreign workers in Moscow exceeded the need 2-3-fold.

20 Aug 2013 in 19:32

World press on Moscow mayoral campaign (August 20, 2013)

The Guardian has republished Kevin O'Flynn's article concerning the Moscow mayoral campaign that first appeared in the Observer. The article was headlined "Alexei Navalny won't make Moscow mayor but he has shaken up the campaign." According to Kevin O'Flynn, Navalny's campaign is typical for any Western country but seems fresh and extraordinary for modern Russia, a country that "has forgotten the meaning of real political activism and electioneering." 

14 Aug 2013 in 15:21

Russian polling center predicts 67% votes for Sobyanin as mayor

The WCIOM polling center of Russia predicts that Moscow acting Mayor Sergey Sobyanin will get 67.4% of votes during the elections on September 8, RIA Novosti reports.According to forecasts, Alexey Navalny will get 13% of votes, Ivan Melnikov (deputy head of the Central Committee of the Communist Party) 6.5%, Yabloko head Sergey Mitrokhin 5.4%, LDPR member Mikhail Degtyarev and A Fair Russia head Nikolai Levichev 3.3% each.The polling center expects 48% of the city’s population to take part in the polls.

13 Aug 2013 in 20:06

World press on Moscow mayoral campaign (August 13, 2013)

Le Monde published an article devoted to the ongoing mayoral campaign in Moscow. In an article headlined " Les immigrés font les frais de la campagne pour Moscou" (The burden of the Moscow campaign is placed on migrants") Marie Jégo writes that migration has become the most acute topic during the mayoral campaign.

13 Aug 2013 in 19:28

Moscow mayor denies more corruption allegations

The office of Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin says all corruption allegations against the official are baseless,

9 Aug 2013 in 18:42

Moscow mayor denies corruption allegations

Moscow's Acting Mayor Sergey Sobyanin denies corruption allegations. The official's press secretary Gulnara Penkova says Sobyanin received his luxurious flat in downtown Moscow as a member of the presidential staff and it was later privatized in accordance with Russian law.

9 Aug 2013 in 13:13

Moscow mayor announces shutdown of 30 markets

Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin said yesterday that 30 markets with an average turnover of hundreds of millions of dollars were shut down. Nikolai Lazebny, head of the operative search unit of the Directorate for Economic Security and Corruption Control, clarified that there were 7 aglomerate markets (Sindika in Odintsovo, Abramtsevo in Balashikha, Merkuriy in Balashikha, Pravy Bereg in Khimki, Kashirsky Dvor).

30 Jul 2013 in 11:20

Migrants: next stiffening

Olga Kirillova: “The initial reason for breaking the law is Russian citizens”

23 Jul 2013 in 11:24

RIA Novosti hosts talks on elections of Moscow mayor

RIA Novosti is hosting a round-table conference to discuss prospects of candidates for Moscow mayor. According to the VCIOM polling center, 54% of people questioned will vote for acting Mayor Sergey Sobyanin, oppositionist Alexey Navalny 9%, CPRF candidate Ivan Melnikov 2-4%. Accusations against Navalny over the Kirovles case increased his popularity from 71% to 80%.