Nets Owner Elected Head of Russian Party

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Updated Apr. 24, 2017 3:30PM EDT / Published Jun. 25, 2011 7:42AM EDT

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The billionaire owner of the New Jersey Nets can now add chief of an unregistered political party to his resume. Mikhail Prokhorov was elected head of Russia's Right Cause party by its members on Saturday. The Kremlin-friendly political party is seeking pro-business voters and attempting to compete with the ruling pro-Kremlin party, United Russia, before December's parliamentary elections. President Dmitry Medvedev said Monday that Russia needs more political competition, but the Justice Ministry laughed at his claim, denying the existence of a real opposition party.

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Nets Owner Elected Head of Russian Party

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