Tall tales? Prokhorov at a campaign stop on Feb. 9
On Monday, Dec. 12, the lanky Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov called a press conference soporifically titled An Analysis of the Political Situation in the Country. It turned out that Prokhorov at 46 the 32nd richest person in the world, according to Forbes had already done the analysis and synthesized a solution. "I'm entering the presidential race," he announced.
The Russian election season is short: by the evening of March 4, the country will know the name of its new President. Except, of course, that the country knows his name already. It's Vladimir Putin. So...
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