So, it happened - Yuri Luzhkov, who ruled in the capital since 1992, was removed from his post as having "lost confidence" in President Medvedev. What are the results of the Luzhkov era and what does his departure mean in the all-Russian political context? Read opinions of prominent politicians and experts.

Moscow City Hall. Photos of faces Several people were detained during the campaign near the Moscow City Hall during the “Collection of things” campaign for the former mayor of Moscow Yuri Luzhkov, the Grani.ru correspondent reports ( Video faces-TV ). Among the detainees are the leader of the "We" movement, the initiator of the action Roman Dobrokhotov.

Yuri Luzhkov. Photo: D. Azarov/Kommersant The resignation of Yuri Luzhkov from the post of mayor of Moscow could provoke a letter that he handed over to President Medvedev a day before resignation. This was reported with reference to sources surrounded by the former mayor by The New Times. The publication publishes the text of a letter that Luzhkov handed over to the head of the presidential administration Sergei Naryshkin on the evening of September 27.

Nikolai Petrov The story of the resignation of Moscow mayor Yuri Luzhkov with everything that was wound around her is extremely interesting and instructive. She talks a lot about our political system, her structure and characters who personify her.

Alexey Gaskarov and Maxim Solopov. Collage from the site antifa.ru The Khimkinsky city court extended for two months the detention of the anti -fascist Maxim Solopov, accused of attacking the Khimki administration, the Grani.ru correspondent reports. An aggravating circumstance was considered by the fact that Solopov was an activist of Antif. The meeting took place in open mode. On the eve of the court extended the term of detention to Alexei Gaskarov, passing in the same case.

Kim Jong Ir. Photo by ar The North Korean leader Kim Jong Il was re -elected to the post of general secretary of the ruling labor party of Korea, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the Central Telegraph Agency of Korea. On Tuesday, Pyongyang opened the first party conference in 44 years. As previously reported, it is here that the name of the successor Kim Jong Ira can be named.

Yuri Luzhkov. Photo: D. Azarov/Kommersant The ex-mayor of Moscow Yuri Luzhkov notified the Higher Political Committee of United Russia about the exit from the party. According to RIA Novosti, this was announced by the First Deputy Head of the press service of the mayor and the Moscow government, Alexander Khokhlov. "Recently, I, as a member of the bureau of the Party Higher Council, have been subjected to a fierce attack of state media," Luzhkov said in a statement.

Yu. Luzhkov and D. Medvedev. Photo from the site President.kremlin.ru Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, on a visit to China, commented on the dismissal of Moscow mayor Yuri Luzhkov. According to Interfax, he noted that the wording of the decree on the resignation - "in connection with the loss of confidence of the president" - exhaustively explains the reasons for his decision. "The reason follows from the decree itself.

Putin, Luzhkov and Medvedev at the Congress of United Russia. Photo from the site President.kremlin.ru Yuri Luzhkov, whom Dmitry Medvedev hid the mayor of Moscow "in connection with the loss of confidence in the president", had to take steps in a timely manner to normalize relations with the head of state. According to RIA Novosti, such a statement was made by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.

Participants in the democratic coalition. Frame of the faces-TV The democratic coalition "For Russia without arbitrariness and corruption" requires a thorough investigation of the activities of the former mayor of Moscow Yuri Luzhkov and his environment, as well as to publicize all the facts of corruption. This is stated in the statement signed by Mikhail Kasyanov, Boris Nemtsov, Vladimir Milov and Vladimir Ryzhkov.

Valeria Novodvorskaya. Photos of faces Nevertheless, Luzhkov was resigned. This happened when it became finally clear that in Rus' feudal fragmentation and that Moscow is a specific principality. It’s good that I did not have to move federal troops towards the city hall! The titanic struggle of centaurs with Lapifs ended and will take its place in the myths and legends of ancient Russia. And the strings of the loud fights already said everything about her.

Alexey Orlov. Photo from the site www.bumbinorn.ru Deputies of the People’s Khural Kalmykia approved the candidacy of the Permanent Republic of the Republic under President Alexei Orlov to the post of head of the region. As RIA Novosti reports, out of 26 at a meeting of deputies, 21 spoke out for the appointment of Orlov, five refrained. The term of powers of the current head of the Republic of Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, who has been managing the region for 17 years, has expired on October 24.

Victor Baturin. Frame NTV The Odintsovo City Court of the Moscow Region refused to remove the arrest from the house and land plot of businessman Viktor Baturin. As RIA Novosti reports, the representative of the court said this. "The court rejected the lawsuit of Ilona Obraztsova, who asked to remove the arrest from the property and recognize her ownership of the land and house," he said. Ilona Obraztsova is the third wife of Viktor Baturin.

WTO headquarters in Geneva. Photo from the site www.blog.kievukraine.info The Minister of Agriculture Elena Skrynnik, during negotiations in Geneva, guaranteed representatives of the United States and 19 other countries that until 2012 the volume of state support for the Russian agro-industrial complex will not increase, and in 2013-2017 will be reduced more than doubled.

Yu. Luzhkov and D. Medvedev. Photo from the site President.kremlin.ru President Dmitry Medvedev signed a decree "On the early termination of powers of the mayor of Moscow." As RIA Novosti reports, the Kremlin press service reported this. "To renounce Luzhkov Yuri Mikhailovich from the post of mayor of Moscow in connection with the loss of confidence in the President of the Russian Federation," the decree said. Yuri Luzhkov served as the capital's mayor for more than 18 years.