New mayor, old promises By Grigory Pasko, journalist Former member of the Legislative Assembly of Primorye [Primorsky Kray, one of the subjects (provinces) of the Russian Federation, whose capital is Vladivostok—Trans.] in the Federation Council of the RF, member of the party «United Russia» Igor Pushkarev on 23 May assumed the post of mayor of Vladivostok. After pronouncing the text of the solemn oath the newly-minted mayor gave a speech, in which he outlined his first-order tasks as cleaning up the city and resolving the problems of the housing-and-utilities sector of the economy. “Our priorities – this is what determines the quality of life. That is water, transport, waste processing, and ecology as a whole”, noted he. Just incidentally, I will note: with water, transport (including roads), waste, and ecology in Vladivostok there have always been problems. (Photo: Vladivostok’s new mayor Igor Pushkarev)