By ANDREW E. KRAMER
For years, opposition politicians accused the longtime mayor of Moscow of ruling over a sprawling empire of crony capitalism.
The prosecutors have opened investigations into business deals dating back as many as 18 years, without explaining why they are doing so only now, after Mr. Luzhkov’s ouster. The police questioned the head of the city’s subways and the mayor’s brother-in-law.
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