Moscow officialdom facing further cuts - mayor.

MOSCOW, August 19 (Itar-Tass) - The Moscow administration should
expect further job cuts, city mayor Sergei Sobyanin told reporters.
"In the past 12 months, 2,000 officials have been made redundant, and
next year, we'll ax another 1,000 jobs in Moscow administration," Sobyanin
said.
According to the mayor, performance is crucial in making the decision
on each official. "Job cutting in itself is of little value; we have to
look into how well they performed, and review their activities. This is
what we're doing within the framework of the city's administrative
commission," he said adding that "we carry out review, cut jobs, and
streamline and simplify at all the departments."
"There are rather many officials in Moscow, but then, it's a big city.
At present, there are more than 24,000 officials," he said, "as for top
officials, they are all well-known."
After Sobyanin was appointed Moscow mayor last autumn, he reshuffled
the city government and replaced a majority of district board heads. He
fired many officials for inefficiency in handling city economy issues.