In an article I wrote for the Index about Luzhkov-the-journalist that the former mayor of Moscow has no doubt dreamed about how upon the expiration of his powers he will be conferred the honor of being put on display in his city in the form of a monument. I am ready to make a wager that a monument is already ready and that its author – Luzhkov’s best friend the sculptor Zurab Tsereteli, whose amazing monstrosities «grace» many cities of the world, including Moscow as well.

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Moscow actually hasn’t had much luck with monuments. There never were that many of them to begin with, and under Luzhkov they began to actively destroy them altogether. Historical buildings got hit particularly badly. In their place the construction mafia, close to of Luzhkov, rebuilt the ancient city with remakes in the «Luzhkovian baroque» style.