I suppose this would be a fine place for Woj to rage against &quot;populism.&quot;&nbsp; It is certainly a good example of Woj's usual argument.&nbsp; I know very little about <span class="q">Luzhkov except what I hear from my Russian chess playing friends from Moscow.&nbsp; 
</span><br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 5/19/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Peter Lavelle</b> &lt;<a href="mailto:untimely_thoughts@yahoo.com">untimely_thoughts@yahoo.com</a>&gt; wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div>Not to mention that Luzhkov is a strong and respected Russian nationalist. If voters had their way, he could easily be elected mayor for life. </div><div><span class="q"><br><br><b><i>Chris Doss &lt;<a href="mailto:lookoverhere1@yahoo.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
lookoverhere1@yahoo.com</a>&gt;</i></b> wrote:</span></div><div><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"></blockquote></div><div><span class="q"> <br>Roy Medvedev wrote a book about him.
<br><br>Luzhkov is outrageously popular for both his<br>social-democratic economic policies and<br>anti-non-Muscovite policies. ;)<br><br></span></div><div><span class="q">--- Jerry Monaco  wrote:<br>Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov, who vowed to ban Russia's
<br>first-<br>ever lesbian and gay pride parade, claiming he had to<br>protect the<br>rights of &quot;the majority&quot;;<br><br>Nu, zayats, pogodi!<br><br>__________________________________________________<br>Do You Yahoo!?
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