12 / 12 / 2011
Russia ‘past point of no return’ – but towards democracy?
"Mikhail Prokhorov, one of Russia's richest oligarchs, will run against Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in the presidential election due next March, he said today. The owner of the New Jersey Nets basketball team is the first but probably not the last figure to emerge as a potential challenger, eager to exploit the newly mobilized opposition". Read more
By Democracy Digest, 12 December 2011