Russian Billionaire Oppositon Leader Prokhorov Quits, Calls Own Party ‘Senseless’

RT.comThe founder of the pro-business party Civil Platform, billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov, has announced that he is quitting the project and suggested that his former comrades decide whether to rename or liquidate it.The announcement was made at the Friday session of the Civil Platform’s consultative body – the Federal Civil Committee – that was called in connection with the growing schism in the party. The latter happened after many Civil Platform activists, including senior party officials, took part in the so-called “Anti-Maidan March” in Moscow – an event held in late February in which over 40,000 people expressed their support for Russian authorities and President Vladimir Putin, and protested against any attempts at regime change in the country by means of so-called “color revolutions.”Russian Opposition Leader Mikhail Prokhorov.Immediately after the event, Prokhorov blasted his comrades in a blog post for taking part in the Anti-Maidan rally, without a joint party decision approval of this move. He also initiated an extraordinary session of the Federal Civil Committee to decide on the Civil Platform’s future.When the committee gathered Friday, Prokhorov said he was quitting all party bodies, and suggested that other leaders of the Civil Platform considered either the liquidation or renaming of the project. He added that such a move would prevent “fraudsters” using the names of prominent members of the party in the forthcoming State Duma elections.



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