莫斯科市长选战目前正如火如荼，即将于9月8日举行的选举时莫斯科近十年来的第一次选举，在此期间，普京一直任命亲信为俄罗斯各大城市市长和州长。
The mayoral campaign is now in full swing, with the election on September 8 the first in Moscow in ten years, as Putin had simply been appointing loyalists as mayors and governors throughout the country.