How to sort the list with cities?

Question

Python

Here is the list:

['Краснодар', 'Сочи', 'Нижний', 'Новгород', 'Новосибирск', 'Красноярск', 'Уфа', 'Санкт-Петербург', 'Владимир', 'Москва']

What is the best way to move Moscow and St. Petersburg to 1st and 2nd place, and sort the rest in alphabetical order?

Answer 1

As an option:

first_cities = ['Москва', 'Санкт-Петербург']
first_plus_sorted_cities = first_cities + sorted(city for city in all_cities if city not in first_cities)

Answer 2

A strange question - you sort your list, then transfer the necessary cities to its beginning. Moreover, the operation is done once and the list is short.
If the list is very long - first delete the necessary cities, sort the rest, then add the discarded cities to its beginning.
What is the problem?