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Classic Material: Really Rich Russian Says He’ll Give (Almost) All Away

By Dax-Devlon Ross

New Jersey Nets owner, Mikhail Prokhorov, is Russia’s third- richest man and Vladamir Putin’s opponent in Russia’s increasingly rough and tumble presidential race. Prokhorov recently said that he will give $17 billion of his $18 billion fortune to charity if he wins the presidency next month.

“I’ll sell everything, all my assets when I become president and donate almost all of the money to charity,” Prokhorov said during a talk show with fellow candidate Vladimir Zhirinovsky.

Prokorohov went on to say that he would only retain $1 billion for personal expenses after leaving office. “I’ll need something to live on,” Prokhorov, 46, said.

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