Article: RUSSIA: NEWSPAPER ANALYSES HIS PRESIDENTIAL AMBITIONS.(Mikhail Kasyanov)(Brief Article)

Kasyanov has positioned himself as a possible presidential candidate in an attempt to seek protection from possible Kremlin attacks, "Moskovskii komsomolets-Germaniya" speculated on 18 May. According to the newspaper, in late 2004 presidential-administration head Dmitrii Medvedev called Kasyanov and recommended that he "leave the country." Kasyanov refused and several days later his close business associate, Teimuraz Karchava, was arrested for unspecified economic crimes. Shortly after that, Kasyanov announced his presidential ambitions, the newspaper said. The organizer of Kasyanov's political return ...

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