Billionaire businessman and former presidential candidate Mikhail Prokhorov is among those who may run for the mayoral elections, business daily Kommersant reported today, citing sources close to the businessman. Prokhorov could announce his decision at a news conference on June 4…
This makes sense as long as there is no games played behind the scene. I never understood the running for president bit by nobody candidates, but to run for the mayor of Moscow and working his way up the political ladder makes a whole bunch more sense…
You have to prove you can do the job first, unless you have a mentor like Medvedev had and was carried for a year or so, before he was let loose on his own. In Mikhail Prokhorov case he has a very good chance in Moscow of grabbing the mayor spot. Moscow is where he did his best in the presidential race and with the dislike of Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin in overdrive around Moscow. Then he could knock Sobyanin off of his silver spoon given spot…
The idea that Mayors are appointed in Russia has always bothered me and I feel that the people deserve to elect their person to be the mayor of their town and city…
Mikhail Prokhorov Moscow Russia’s Mayor? Yes – very very possible, at least with the followers in Moscow…
Kyle Keeton
Windows to Russia…