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Kyiv City Council accepts Chernovetsky

Kyiv City Council accepts Chernovetsky

13 July 2012

The Kyiv City Council accepted the resignation of Mayor Leonid Chernovetsky yesterday. Chernovetsky was elected mayor in 2006 and re-elected in a snap election in 2008. Following eccentric policies that earned him the nickname “Cosmos” and his implication in a land grab scheme, he was largely sidelined after President Viktor Yanukovych’s appointment of Oleksandr Popov as head of the city administration in November 2010 left Chernovetsky as little more than a figurehead.

Brad Wells: Yesterday’s vote in the city council was mostly a formality, and will have no bearing on the management of the city, which is firmly controlled by Popov and his entourage now. Chernovetsky’s exit though does set the stage for a new mayoral election in Kyiv by yearend.

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