Mikhail Prokhorov must be aware of that. He also must have the fates of Mikhail Khordorkovsky and Boris Berezovsky in mind. Nonetheless, he joins a number of Russian oligarchs entering politics.
Russian Billionaire Says He Will Concentrate on Politics
Amid heightening pressure on leaders of Moscow street protests, the billionaire Mikhail D. Prokhorov announced on Saturday that he was setting aside his business interests altogether to devote his attention to politics.
Prokhorov
Mr. Prokhorov, the owner of the Brooklyn Nets basketball team, ran for president in March, attracting many of the urban voters who had begun to turn away from President Vladimir V. Putin…
At the convention of his party, Civic Platform, Mr. Prokhorov said he had signed an agreement transferring management of his investment group, Onexim, to his partners.
He said he hoped to attract the support of grass-roots activists and form what he characterized as a “third force,” distinct from both the Kremlin and the protest leaders…
His announcement comes at a low point for the protest movement, after opposition candidates failed to gain a foothold during regional and municipal elections this month, and as several protest leaders face the possibility of imprisonment…
The most recent elections, this month, revealed little support for opposition candidates, said Aleksei V. Makarkin of the Center for Political Technologies in Moscow. Since entering politics last year, Mr. Prokhorov has behaved with the caution typical of a Russian industrialist, Mr. Makarkin said, avoiding any statements that would alienate Mr. Putin…
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