RUSSIA: ST. PETERSBURG - MORE CADRE CHANGES IN SECOND CITY TO PREPARE FOR NEXT LEADER.(Brief Article)

From: IPR Strategic Business Information Database | Date: June 4, 2003 | Copyright information

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. Legislative Assembly Deputy Vladimir Borkanov told RosBalt that Garusov's dismissal "s...