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Billionaire Prokhorov to run for Presidency

Politics
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Moscow-based billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov is going to run for president against Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in March elections.

"This is the most important decision in my life," the New Jersey Nets basketball team owner told reporters in Moscow.

Prokhorov is Russia's third-richest man with a fortune Forbes magazine put at $18 billion.