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Conley
12-12-2011, 12:53 PM
Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov has said he will challenge Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in next March's presidential election.

Mr Prokhorov said it was "the most serious decision" of his life.

Saturday saw Russia's biggest demonstration in years by protesters calling for fresh parliamentary polls over alleged voting fraud.

Mr Putin's party, United Russia, barely scraped a majority in the elections held earlier this month.

"I have made the most serious decision of my life. I am running for president," Mr Prokhorov said at a news conference.

Mr Prokhorov said he would not build his presidential campaign on criticism of Mr Putin.

"Criticism must make up no more than 10%… I would like to focus on the things I would do," he said.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-16138739

This will make for an interesting race. Not sure if Prokhorov's billions will help but probably...money is money anywhere. That is assuming Putin doesn't go hard core KGB on him. This guy is a bit of a global mogul, even owns his own National Basketball Association team, the New Jersey Nets (Mister D is a huge fan :grin:)

MMC
12-12-2011, 01:02 PM
Is he a Russian Oil Mogul with Rosneft? If he is Putin won't be making him disappear.

Conley
12-12-2011, 01:06 PM
Not sure if he is with Rosneft but he's insanely wealthy, yes.

Mister D
12-12-2011, 01:06 PM
Ugh...I dislike global moguls. I'm sticking with Putin! :grin: Seriously, I don't see a globalist of any kind makign much of an impression in Russia. It's a pretty inward looking place.

MMC
12-12-2011, 01:30 PM
"What".....no 254 Million Dollar Contracts for Playing Sports? :rollseyes: If he is a billionaire then he is one involved with OIL. Might not win but wont come up missing. He could cause Putin some trouble.