Sasha Mordovets / Getty ImagesMikhail Prokhorov has some big ideas on tap for his campaign for the Russian presidency. Russian billionaire and New Jersey/Brooklyn Nets owner Mikhail Prokhorov recently announced he’ll be running for president of Russia against Vladimir Putin next year. Our inside sources at the Kremlin have helped us gather a preliminary list [...]
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December 16, 2011
December 12, 2011
Mikhail Prokhorov, Russia’s third richest man, to challenge Putin
Russia‘s third richest man has said that he would seek to challenge Vladimir Putin for the presidency, prompting speculation that the surprise move could be part of a Kremlin attempt to channel growing middle class opposition to Putin’s regime. “I have made a decision, probably the most serious decision of my life,” the oligarch Mikhail [...]
December 12, 2011
Mikhail Prokhorov stands for Russian president
The industrial tycoon and owner of the New Jersey Nets basketball team has announced he will run as an independent in the 2012 Russian presidential elections, though there is scepticism that the whole scenario is being stage-managed by the Kremlin to channel dissent away from Putin
December 12, 2011
December 12, 2011
Russian billionaire challenges Putin for Kremlin
Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov announced on Monday that he would challenge Prime Minister Vladimir Putin at the upcoming presidential elections next March. In order to register, Prokhorov needs either to be nominated by any of the existing seven registered political parties or needs to collect 2 million signatures in support of his bid. The billionaire [...]
December 12, 2011
December 12, 2011
Prokhorov … for president … of Russia?
Mikhail Prokhorov, one of Russia’s richest tycoons and the owner of the Nets basketball team, said Monday he will run against Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in the March presidential election. Prokhorov, whose wealth the Forbes magazine has estimated at $18 billion, has been cautious not to cross Putin’s path in the past. But the tycoon’s [...]
December 12, 2011
Russian ex-finance minister says may establish new political party
It is an ideal time for establishing a new Russian right-wing party as the country’s “political landscape” is changing, former Russian Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin said in an interview with Vedomosti business daily published on Monday. New Russian party to be established In the first interview after his scandalous dismissal, Kudrin, who fell out with [...]
December 1, 2011
Vladimir Putin Announces Foreign Investment Has Reached $36 Bln
Vladimir Putin Announces Foreign Investment Has Reached $36 Bln By Khristina Narizhnaya The St. Petersburg Times Published: November 30, 2011 (Issue # 1685) MOSCOW — Foreign direct investment in Russia reached $36 billion in the first 10 months of the year, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Monday during a meeting of the government’s commission on foreign investment, citing the Central Bank. Last [...]
November 19, 2011
in the spotlight: Cutting off Sobchak’s airtime
in the spotlight: Cutting off Sobchak’s airtime By Anna Malpas Published: November 16, 2011 (Issue # 1683) Last week, the scandal around media personality and it-girl Ksenia Sobchak and her jokey exposure of youth tsar Vasily Yakemenko at a pricey restaurant deepened, as a national channel apparently pulled an interview with her. Last month, Sobchak filmed Yakemenko, the clean-living founder of pro-Kremlin youth group [...]
November 5, 2011
Party time: slogans boom as elections loom
Staunch communists are appealing to Soviet nostalgia: “Communists haven’t lied a single time in 100 years! We saved the country from fascism in WWII. We twice saved the country from collapsing. We were the first in space!” says Gennady Zyuganov proudly. Liberal democrats are yet again appealing to nationalism. “The Russian president should be the [...]
October 20, 2011
October 18, 2011
Lost in accounting: Right Cause and Mikhail Prokhorov
The Right Cause party must return 701.4 million rubles (22.8 million dollars) to the party’s former leader Mikhail Prokhorov, according to his press service. He also believes that the party is preparing a scheme not to refund the investments. Mikhail Prokhorov, Russian billionaire and owner of the New Jersey Nets basketball team, headed the pro-business [...]
October 12, 2011
The Last Autumn in Putin’s Russia
The Last Autumn in Putin’s Russia By Victor Davidoff Published: October 12, 2011 (Issue # 1678) For Russia’s liberals, 2011 has become the Year of Dashed Hopes. These mostly young professionals grew up after the dissolution of the Soviet Union and are avid Internet users. They also understood very well that “freedom is better than [...]
October 11, 2011
Prokhorov says his political comeback possible
The former leader of the Right Cause party, billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov, said he would return to politics as soon as the Russian society is ripe, his press service said on Tuesday. “Prokhorov said Russia needs changes, but conditions should be ripe. They aren’t yet… that’s why he decided to quit the party. However, the businessman [...]