Independent Russian magazine The New Times published late on Tuesday a copy of a letter apparently written by sacked Moscow Mayor Yury Luzhkov to Russian president Dmitry Medvedev a day before he was dismissed.
Neither the government or Luzhkov have confirmed or denied the validity of the letter.
Luzhkov, 74, was fired by Medvedev on Tuesday after weeks of speculation about his worsening relations with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and his imminent dismissal or resignation.
Luzhkov, who had been in office since 1992, vexed Medvedev by criticizing his decision to freeze construction of a new Moscow-St. Petersburg toll road and calling for stronger leadership for Russia in an article in the Rossiiskaya Gazeta newspaper.
RIA Novosti
