Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has signed a decree relieving Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov of his post, Russian media says. The mayor’s first deputy, Vladimir Resin, was appointed the Acting Head of Moscow.

Medvedev stripped Luzhkov of his post “because he has lost the trust of the President of the Russian Federation”, Itar-Tass news reports.

Moscow Mayor has recently been criticized by state-run TV for gridlock on the capital’s roads and bulldozing of historic buildings. He and his billionaire wife have been also accused of corruption.