Person: Mikhail Prokhorov

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columnists

Nets creating a stir in The Black House

The most high profile rebranding of a US sports team of the past decade needs all the help it can get and the Brooklyn Nets ticked two important boxes this week: they beat the New York Knicks on Monday night and got into a fight in Boston on Wednesday.

business

Rusal’s billionaire chairman resigns

world

Tearful Putin claims poll victory

world

Putin wins resounding victory in presidential poll

world

Putin wins election

world

Exit polls signal win for Putin

Russians go to the polls

Monitored by web cameras and a network of volunteer civilian observers, Russians voted today in presidential elections expected to return Vladimir Putin to the Kremlin.

Sun, 04 Mar, 2012

Putin in 'foreign influence' warning at campaign rally

Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin today warned against the dangers of foreign influence at a campaign rally attended by tens of thousands of people.

Thu, 23 Feb, 2012

Putin rejects calls to rerun election

PRIME Minister Vladimir Putin vehemently rejected opposition calls for a rerun of the parliamentary election, accusing those who organised massive protests against vote fraud of working to weaken Russia at the West’s behest.

Fri, 16 Dec, 2011

Tycoon to challenge Putin for president

ONE of Russia’s richest tycoons and the owner of the New Jersey Nets basketball team, Mikhail Prokhorov said he will run against Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in the March presidential election.

Tue, 13 Dec, 2011

Abramovich falls in rich list

CHELSEA football club owner Roman Abramovich is no longer one of Russia’s three richest men after being outranked by oligarchs who benefited from recovering oil and commodity prices.

Tue, 15 Feb, 2011