While Wang Ye was attending the graduation ceremony, another major event was unfolding!
The joint investigative task force led by Danya announced that it had formally opened an investigation into Luzhkov. It also sent an official letter to the Kremlin, requesting approval to initiate the process in the Duma to remove Luzhkov from his position as governor!
As for why they had not yet officially determined that Luzhkov had committed crimes, they first had to remove him from office.
This was because his position as governor had been elected, granting him a certain degree of judicial immunity. He had to be removed first before legal proceedings could continue.
Of course, their willingness to take this step also showed that the joint investigative task force had sufficient confidence in proving Luzhkov's crimes.
Otherwise, the Kremlin would never have approved it.
Because if Luzhkov managed to turn things around in the end and could not be convicted, not only would the joint investigative task force be held accountable, but the Kremlin would also be implicated and suffer a severe blow to its reputation!
The process Luzhkov had mentioned to Konov over the phone two days earlier was becoming reality...
As soon as the news was announced, it immediately caused an enormous uproar.
The entire Moscow political scene was shaken.
This was Luzhkov!
A political giant who had already risen to prominence during the Former Soviet Union era!
If not for bad luck or twists of fate, he might well have become the master of the Kremlin!
And now, some nobody of a girl barely in her twenties had declared him guilty and sought to remove him from office. It was simply the joke of the century!
Most political figures who did not know the inside story were even waiting to see a