Exiled Russian tycoon challenges Putin

[JoFerret]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-3804289,00.html

It's about time someone did.

LONDON (AP) - From his home in exile, the billionaire who restyled himself as the linchpin of Russia's liberal opposition watches the one-horse race for the presidency of his homeland with disgust while waging a campaign to discredit incumbent Vladimir Putin.

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``If you ask me what is my personal political target in this election, it is to prove that this election is not legitimate,'' Berezovsky told The Associated Press in an interview last week in the boardroom of his swank offices in London.

``We'll try to send a clear message first of all to Mr. Bush, and second to European leaders, that they are not able to accept these elections as legitimate,'' said Berezovsky, who was granted political asylum by Britain after fleeing prosecution in Russia on fraud charges he contends are politically motivated.

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Berezovsky protested bitterly when state-controlled interests took over an independent Russian television station and forced the closure of one owned by Berezovsky. He accused Putin of returning Russia to a Soviet-style state monopoly on the media.

But most Russians remain unmoved.
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[cosmicdot]

1. what reaction does Berezovsky expect from *bu$h?