Russian billionaire and presidential candidate Mikhail Prokhorov announced via Twitter that he will ask the Russian public to choose the name of his new political party.
On February 21, Prokhorov, one of Russia’s richest businessmen, said that right after the March 4 presidential elections he will form his own political party that would be larger than the ruling United Russia party.
“Suggest your name for Mikhail Prokhorov’s party. The best name will become official,” he wrote on his Twitter microblog.
Prokhorov is the only independent candidate to run for president on March 4. Since entering politics in May 2011, he has had to face off allegations that he is a Kremlin project designed to split the opposition.