Mikhail Prokhorov, the billionaire leader of Russia’s liberal Right Cause party launched an unprecedented attack on the Kremlin after he was expelled from the party, allegedly as a result of a Kremlin-inspired “raiders’ attack.” Prokhorov called Vladislav Surkov, the Kremlin’s chief of domestic political operations, a “puppeteer” who stifles political debate, and vowed to have Surkov sacked. Prokhorov asked for the return of the 500m roubles ($18m) he said he had invested in the party. “I want to give it to the people,” he said. Right Cause was created in 2009 as a pro-Kremlin party declaring liberal views, and Prokhorov was proposed to head it and was elected its leader in June.
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/236b093e-df90-11e0-845a-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1Y5wViNX9
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14933127
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