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RUSSIA: MORE CADRE CHANGES IN SECOND CITY TO PREPARE FOR NEXT LEADER.(commission Chairman Aleksandr Garusov dismissed)(Brief Article)
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Members of St. Petersburg's election commission voted on 29 May to dismiss commission Chairman Aleksandr Garusov, Russian media reported. According to ITAR-TASS, city Prosecutor Nikolai Vinnichenko requested Garusov's removal because he has no legal training, which is required by federal law. Vinnichenko became city prosecutor last month (see "RFE/RL Newsline," 18 April 2003). Legislative Assembly Deputy Vladimir Borkanov told RosBalt that Ga...