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    Vladislav Surkov - LII-Ne sp/sx 6w5





    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladislav_Surkov

    1999 - 2011: First Deputy of the Chief of the Russian Presidential Administration
    2011 - current: Deputy Prime Minister

    Considered to be one of the main ideologist of current Russian regime and the architect of the current Russian political system, often described as "sovereign democracy" or "managed democracy". He is also said to have contributed greatly to the electoral victory of President Vladimir Putin in 2004. He mostly keeps out of the limelight and pulls strings from behind the scenes, prompting the media to dub him as the "grey cardinal" of Kremlin.



    Mikhail Prokhorov - LIE-Ni so/sp 7w8





    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Prokhorov

    The 7th richest man in Russia and 57th worldwide, made his fortune and his name in the precious metals sector. In 2011 he has declared his intent to run as a candidate in Russian 2012 Presidential elections. Political drama ensued:

    In May 2011, Prokhorov announced a plan to join the leadership of the Russian pro-business political party Right Cause. While not antagonistic to the Kremlin, the party was seen as likely to support President Dmitry Medvedev rather than Prime Minister Vladimir Putin if the latter entered the 2012 presidential race. In June, Prokhorov was elected to the leadership of the party at the Right Cause Party Congress of 2011. At the acceptance ceremony, Prokhorov officially criticized the present ruling tandem of Medvedev-Putin, the structure of Russia, and vowed to bring Russia back to a stable development course. However, in September, Prokhorov reversed course and resigned from Right Cause, "condemning it as a 'puppet Kremlin party' micromanaged by a 'puppet master' in the president's office ..., Vladislav Y. Surkov".
    In December 2011 though he was back in the polls and gathered 8% vote in March. In June of this year he founded his own party called Party of the Civic Platform.



    Roman Abramovich - SLI-Si sp/so





    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Abramovich

    Not particularly involved in politics but nevertheless an influential figure - "9th richest person in Russia and the 68th richest person in the world, according to the 2012 Forbes list, with an estimated fortune of US$19.6 billion". In 2011 he was involved in some litigations with with Boris Berezovsky (SEE), a former close associate, winning the case against Berezovsky with US$6.5 billion.

    In 2012 Berezovsky lost a High Court case he brought against Roman Abramovich in London over the ownership of Sibneft, where he sought over £3 billion in damages. The court judged Berezovsky as an "inherently unreliable" witness, who "regarded truth as a transitory, flexible concept, which could be moulded to suit his current purposes" and that "At times the evidence which he gave was deliberately dishonest; sometimes he was clearly making his evidence up as he went along in response to the perceived difficulty in answering the questions." The court concluded that Berezovsky had never been a co-owner of Sibneft.


    Boris Berezovsky - SEE-Fi sp/so





    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_B..._(businessman)

    Russian businessman, mathematician [so much for Ti-PoLR lolz], member of Russian Academy of Sciences, and a former government official and Deputy in the Duma. He is often described as a Russian oligarch. Although once a supporter of Vladimir Putin, Berezovsky clashed with the new president soon after his election in 2000 and remains a vocal critic. He was at the height of his power in the later Yeltsin years, when he was deputy secretary of Russia's security council, a friend of Boris Yeltsin's influential daughter Tatyana, and a member of the Yeltsin "family" (inner circle).

    Berezovsky made his fortune during Russia's privatisation of state property.[13] He profited from the privatisation of the Sibneft oil company and became the principal shareholder in the country's main television channel, Channel One. In 1997 Forbes Magazine estimated Berezovsky's wealth at US$3 billion.
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