(Reuters) ? Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov, who hopes to challenge Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in a presidential election next March, is exploring a bid for the influential daily Kommersant to back up his campaign. A source at Onexim, Prokhorov’s investment fund, told Reuters that Onexim was in the early stages of negotiations to buy the …
Tag Archive: election
Dec
12
Medvedev orders Russia poll inquiry, gets insults (Reuters)
MOSCOW (Reuters) ? President Dmitry Medvedev ordered an investigation on Sunday into allegations of fraud in Russia’s parliamentary election, one day after tens of thousands of protesters demanded it be annulled and rerun. Medvedev responded on his Facebook site to the protesters’ complaints that the December 4 election, won by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s United …
Dec
06
Egyptian election results deepen Israeli fears
JERUSALEM?? For Israelis, the Islamist election surge in Egypt is depressing confirmation of a deeply primal fear: An inhospitable region is becoming more hostile still. This sentiment has been accompanied by a bittersweet sense that Israel was dismissed as alarmist when it warned months ago that the Arab Spring ? widely perceived as …