Prokhorov

“There is a battle going on inside the Kremlin,” between hardliners and liberals, Prokhorov told the Financial Times last week.

In 2008, Prokhorov sold his shares in Norilsk to another Russian billionaire, Oleg Deripaska.

Some critics still accuse Prokhorov of coordinating his activities with Putin.

Prokhorov is also in favor of letting media, Parliament, and the economy become independent of the state.