As a first order of business — after finding her replacement as the cleaner of city hall, that is — a new mayor in Russia plans to bring streetlights to the village, she said, something that people have long been asking for. https://t.co/aHX9MdMG9a
— The New York Times (@nytimes) October 24, 2020
Es ist dieses Jahr zugegebenermaßen nicht besonders schwer, unter die Top10 der schönsten News aus 2020 zu kommen, weil man so viele gute Nachrichten ja erstmal finden müsste. Diese Erfolgs-Story aus der New York Times über eine ausnahmsweise mal saubere Wahl in Russland zählt aber definitiv dazu, finde ich. Schön, dass sich der Müll in dem Fall auch mal fast wie von selbst rausbringt.
Povalikhino, Russia — With election day looming, Nikolai Loktev was in a panic: The mayor of a tiny village of log houses, wood-burning stoves and rutted dirt roads 300 miles east of Moscow, he was running for re-election unopposed.
When he finally found who he thought was a willing patsy in the person of one Marina Udgodskaya, who cleans city hall, he thought his troubles were over.But then she won.
