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Bravo! Mayor Kuzmin

There's no passing the buck, er, ruble, in Megion, Russia.

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br> The workday is over. br> Somebody else has the documents. /p>

The bottom line for disobedience? The mayor's ukase said that those who disobey the ban "will near the moment of their departure."

If mayors and city managers were to adopt this policy in the U.S., then try to fire employees who ignore it, a long process of hearings and appeals would follow, so they may have to call Mayor Kuzmin for advice on how to be persistent. One phrase they won't hear from him is, "It can't be done."

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Vladimir Putin, Business, Russia, Oil

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Peter Hannaford was closely associated with the late President Ronald Reagan for a number of years. His latest book is Reagan's Roots: The People and Places That Shaped His Character.

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