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Alexsei Kudrin

Two Prominent Russians to Challenge Putin

A week after allegations of election fraud sent thousands of Russians into the streets chanting “Russia without Putin,” two prominent men have stepped forward to challenge Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in next year’s presidential election. Mikhail Prokhorov, a billionaire  oligarch best known to Americans as the owner of the New Jersey Nets, and Alexsei Kudrin, a […]

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