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Putin offers condolences over death of ex-Moscow mayor Yury Luzhkov

Putin always esteemed Luzhkov’s contribution to the development of Moscow and the entire country, according to Kremlin

MOSCOW, December 10. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin has expressed his condolences over the death of Moscow’s former mayor, Yury Luzhkov, Putin’s press secretary Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday.

"It is a grave news about Yury Luzhkov’s death. President Putin has sent a telegram extending sincere condolences to his family," he said.

"They [Putin and Luzhkov] actually worked together and the president always esteemed Luzhkov’s contribution to the development of such giant city as Moscow and the entire country, its economy," Peskov said. "They had very warm and very constructive relations."

Yury Luzhkov, who was Moscow’s mayor from 1992 to 2010, died on Tuesday at the age of 83.

He was born in Moscow on September 21, 1936. In 1958, he graduated from the Gubkin Moscow Petrochemical & Gas Industry Institute. On June 6, 1992, Luzhkov, who held the position of Chairman of the Moscow city government, was appointed mayor by a decree of President Boris Yeltsin.