Sobyanin launched a campaign

In an interview with Channel One, Sobyanin said: to become mayor of Moscow, you need to go through a long administrative path. “It is impossible to prepare for this position in a month, or three, or six months, or a year. You need to prepare for this position all your life: you need to go through at least some path of a leader. To lead at least some district, city, district, and only then apply for such a position,” Sobyanin noted.

If a person has not led or managed at all, and he is applying for a position, then this is “disrespect for the city, for Muscovites,” said the acting. mayor, clearly hinting at Alexei Navalny. Another possible candidate, billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov, was rebuffed already on the Rossiya-1 channel. Sobyanin explained that the experience of business management is fundamentally different from the decision-making system when managing city management. According to this logic, the election of heads of federal subjects should turn into an internal championship between Russian officials.