Billionaire Prokhorov To Run For President, Pledges To Create New Party -- RIA Novosti
Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov announced on Monday he would run for presidency at the upcoming presidential elections next March and create a new political party.
"I made probably the most serious decision in my life. I am running for president,” Prokhorov told a press conference, adding that he would have to collect signatures and register for the elections very soon.
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ASIA
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