rerun of the parliamentary elections amongst other things but now we see russian billionaire mikhail prokhorov throwing his hat into the ring announcing his decision to join in the race for the president to candidacy that's going to happen in march reaction to the news from him was certainly mixed in the polls that he's been betting ninth inning in american basketball team for his exploits as russia's most eligible bachelor the last three years and in recent times we've seen him play in the political field instead of the opinions makes as he said analysts and some of the protesters who turn out that we can say when entirely sure about mikhail prokhorov political intentions but none of the sea does intense joy in the presidential race now another russian billionaire this being raising eyebrows is the chief executive of one of the biggest media holdings here russia comus and now he's also a better known in the west having a major shareholding it also football club and he's losing control the sea off the firings. chief editor of one of his magazines for publishing a picture she did seen language

companies by mikhail prokhorov dropped all to him now as he was going to bid for president say hey in russia the companies include party ross gold holding a see all of us gold lost three percent on monday. nine percent however did manage to call them a small says although is didn't think much of a difference in how much of an impact on the russian stock market as parts companies are not listed in the top performers who have more market moves and tennis in the business but. i mean time the war in iraq is coming to a chance as brock obama whether withdraw of u.s. troops set to conclude was within weeks and he was speaking at a joint news conference whether iraq's prime minister who's on an official visit to washington obama says the troops are leaving a sovereign and self-reliant iraq but iraqis see after almost a decade of occupation their country simply cast adrift on thomas now reports. as two thousand and eleven draws to an end and historical chapter for iraq and the u.s. is finishing as well the occupation is over. i'm glad that the americans are leaving who are still concerned bec

rerun of the parliamentary elections amongst other things now we've seen russian billionaire mikhail prokhorov throw his hat into the ring announcing his decision to join in the race for the president to candidacy that's going to happen in march now he joins the full of the candidates in his official registrations expected within a couple of days reaction to the news from him was certainly mixed in the polls he's been best to ninth in american basketball. for his exploits as russia's most eligible bachelor the last three years but in recent times we've seen him playing the political field instead of the opinions makes as he said analysts and some of the protesters he told us that we can say no when it's highly sure about mikhail prokhorov political intentions but nonetheless he does intense joy in the presidential race now another russian billionaire being raising eyebrows is the chief executive of one of the biggest media holdings here mushnick homicide and he's also a better name in the west having a major shareholding and also football club now he's to some control the sea off the firing th

. >>> chris paul a clipper and dwight howard staying put in orlando, nets owner mikhail prokhorov is trying to acquire something much bigger. russian presidency. yep. he's owned the nets for a year. now he wants to take over russia. the savvy billionaire sets out to beat vladimir putin in the next election. >>> that's your early look at sports on "early today." have a terrific weekend. i'm fred roggin. >> interesting pair. >>> coming up, a big boost for the box office. and a silent film makes lots of golden global noise. >>> plus, remember this story next time you find something on the street as we'll tell you about a holiday season act of honesty that makes all the difference for a needy family. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back to "early today." time for your weekend forecast. today, light rain moving through the southeast. that will move off the coastline by saturday. also windy and showers today up in new england. now, as we go through the weekend, some colder air is going to move through, especially in the great lakes into new england. it's not bit early cold but m

presidential politics in russia got a lot more interesting today mikhail prokhorov, who owns the new jersey nets basketball team, says he will run against vladimir putin. prokhorov is a russian billionaire who hopes to tap into growing dissatisfaction among the voters. on saturday, tens of thousands of voters took to the streets in moscow accusing putin of rigging parliamentary elections. charlie d'agata is there. >> reporter: what made saturday's demonstration in moscow even more unusual were the type of people who were in the crowd. there were young, mostly middle- class professionals who prospered in the freer economic climate in the 12 years that vladimir putin has been in power. despite their advantages, many grew tired of political corruption. people like alexander netanyashi, a tax consultant. >> a time that i really wanted to vote, my vote was, i think... it was stolen. >> reporter: after the recent parliamentary elections, video posted on the internet claims to show ballot boxes that were full before voting even began. the video can't be authenticated but it did galvanize ru

russian billionaire mikhail prokhorov formally announced he's running in the presidential election next the country's third wealthiest person in the political stage earlier this year when he headed up the right course political party only to quit over disagreements with other party members. thousands flood the center of moscow again but this time it's the supporters of the victorious united russia party that follows mass opposition rallies station would claim is the result of a parliamentary vote. on greece's a second a multi-billion euro rescue package skepticism over the efficiency of the about the measure that's also was a practice within the e.u. wide with britain vetoing the franco german plans to create a common a fiscal union. and occupy protesters take their rallies to the next level they plan a shutdown of america's west coast ports from san diego all the way to anchorage followers of series of police raids the result of you know pictures of camps and dozens of arrests. those are the headlines here on r.t. the next though it's kate and the sport. well welcome to the sports upda

well mikhail prokhorov cooled his decision to join the race for the presidency perhaps the most important of his life now it was an unexpected move from the russian billionaire he made his money in finance and metals it's estimated that he's the third richest man in russia and in the past he's perhaps been better known for buying an american basketball team for his exploits as russia's most eligible bachelor but in recent times we've seen him playing the political field in the summer he agreed to leave the right cause party was a new political movement a businessman and intellectuals now he quit that in september and he said that he's been preparing for his presidential bid in the months since that business split he also said he'd be a being the middle class is his cool electorates now he'll be running as an independent candidate in the presidential elections will be happening in march of course his announcement coming against the backdrop of tens of thousands of people taking to the streets on the weekends to demands a rerun of the parliamentary elections are you surf earth right that i

and that of course is the premise of as we put in and at the head of the fair russia party now mikhail prokhorov did not specify what exactly is going to be on the he's election campaign he said everything that he has to say he will state in due time to the announcement that we will run for the presidential term because made it into the twitters our worldwide top trends so that is quite an accomplishment already so we have just to wait and see in order to find out exactly because progress has in store. lot of the cornea russia specialist at the university of london believes that candidacy has introducing fresh blood to the springtime race for the country's top job. it makes it more interesting because he's a very good mathematician these are financing he's a businessman he's a sports personality he's internationalist so therefore he's a name that people would recognize and he would bring some. youthful vigor if you like to the proceedings one would expect him to articulate some views from a purely economic point of view we haven't much experience of politics but you could argue about finance you

mikhail prokhorov calling his decision to join the race for the presidency perhaps the most important of his life now is an unexpected me for the russian billionaire he's known for making his money in finance and metals and perhaps is the better known in the past the owning a basketball team and also for his exploits as russia's most eligible bachelor in recent times we see him playing the political field in the summer he agreed to lead right calls which is a new political movement aimed at intellectuals and businessmen and i is going to be running for the presidency and much as an independent candidates and against the backdrop of the tens of thousands of people we saw taking to the street on the weekend he said he's going to be aiming his presidential candidacy at the cool middle class now who's why evasive about his political plans we do know that the official registration for his candidacy is expected later on this week there's been some skepticism among analysts and against and indeed from the protesters themselves about what makes pro course political ambitions actually are a bi

the presidential elections days will be happening in march and we've seen russian billionaire mikhail prokhorov throwing his hat into the ring he announced his decision to run somewhat surprising he's been known in the past much more his other proceeds which of course being russia's third richest man made his money and metals and find and he's also the honor of an american boss people to name for his exploits as rush's most eligible bachelor but it's the political fail that he's been looking to play at the moment he was leading white schools in the summer but he quit that quite visibly in september we're seeing him now planning to return to political spin now he's also had his spokesman of his company announce that he has plans to buy media a major media holding here in russia. again a very interesting week time's decision because thomas sands has seen a lot of controversy surrounding it today also its decision to fire its the. i'm one of the chief editor of the magazine now they were fired the publishing a pitch that depicted in the language that was related to the parliamentary elections bori

what you got to straight to our breaking news here a russian billionaire and a businessman that mikhail prokhorov has just formally announced he's running for the boat show you all for next march profit as one of the world's wealthiest people his fortune estimated at eighteen billion u.s. dollars he's one of russia's a leading industrialist in the precious metals sector and the owner of the american basketball team the new jersey jets he's been in the headlines in the past over a shoe draw with his business partner and claims he was involved in a high class prostitute scandal in the french alps he used to head right because of political parties but quit over disagreements with other party members will bring you a live report on this breaking news story in the next hour here on. our now straight to business with current. hello and welcome to our business bulletin a sophomore in high tech firms are getting funding from russia state technology corp in recent months has invested hundreds of millions of dollars and chinese israeli and american firms ahead of the operation. says acquiring foreign techn

well of course we've just mikhail prokhorov announce his decision to join the presidential race elections happening in ma it is a bit of an unexpected leave for the russian billionaire as he's better known in the process of being the owner of an american boss get will see having been russia's most eligible bachelor that we've seen him in recent times playing the political field now he said. the middle class is his electorate of course this coming against the backdrop that tens of thousands of people taking to the weekend and making this is. putting his bid in that race joining the other candidates in the presidential race is going to be happening in. central moscow thank you. all right now let's take a moment here to check out the world updates about international headlines for you a gun and hand grenade attack in the belgian city of leach has killed at least two people and injured dozens more witnesses say a group of men threw up the four grenades and fired on a crowd at a bus stop in the city's central square police have sealed the area off and one suspect so far has been arrested other

of russia's upcoming presidential runoff one of the world's richest men russian businessman mikhail prokhorov has formally announced he's running in the election for next march. has more on the man. he is number three on russia's rich list kind of a jack of all trades not only does he have a fortune of estimated eighteen billion dollars he's also an avid das good ball player in fact he owns the new jersey nets basketball team he's an avid skier and while in the french alps teams actually been involved in a high class prostitution scandal of course french authorities later help clear him of all charges and extend their apologies which were accepted this is not his first story into politics he was the leader of the right cause party in russia just earlier this year if you left that party however due to the disagreements with the other party members although at the time prophet have said that he did so because of the conflict because of the pressure from the kremlin and of course in the upcoming presidential elections on how to run against other candidates who have already said they're willing t

stories this hour an hour to the russian billionaire playboy jumps into the presidential race mikhail prokhorov has formally announced he'll be running for russia's top job next march country's third wealthiest person ends of the political stage earlier this year when he headed up the right course political party i need to quit over disagreements with the other party members. of the central moscow again but this time it's the supporters of the victorious united russia party if it is mass opposition rally stage it claims the results of the parliamentary vote. talks resume on greece's second multibillion euro rescue package amid skepticism over the efficiency of the emergency measure that's also as cracks within the e.u. widened with britain earlier vetoing franco german plans to create a common fiscal union. just to take their rallies to a new level as they plan to shut down america's west coast ports from san diego to anchorage and that's demonstrations also got a place in new york our correspondent reports that police have already started mass arrests. in full is only fifteen minutes away from

to the presidential election season we happening in march and we've seen russian billionaire mikhail prokhorov throwing his hat into the ring he announced his decision to run calling it a decision that could be one of the most important of his life. somewhat surprising he's being known in the polls much more his other proceeds which of course being russia's third largest third richest man a very cool man as well third richest man that is money and metals and. he's also the i know of an american boss people to name for his exploits as rush's most eligible bachelor but is the political fail that he's been looking to play at the moment he was leading white schools in the some of the he quit that quite visibly in september we're seeing him now planning to return to the political spin on his registration isn't finalized yet that's expected to happen within a couple of days he'll of course join the other four candidates now he's also had his spokesman of this company announce that he has no plans to buy me. major media holding here in russia. again a very interesting week time's decision because. it

country and he also had some words for one of his contenders in not in the presidential race mikhail prokhorov saying that he was a worthy and a strong contender but stopping short of saying that he would give us the profit of his support of course not a mere putin will be running against him going for that president george the job of president in march of next year you know one final point on the elections he did say that if the love got to be a putin saw that the people were not on side with him in the next election that he would remove himself from office that he would step down voluntarily if it looked like the people weren't on the side of the world and forward a half hours when you're asking all the people in russia to put their questions to one of the men at the top as well you're going to get some great questions usually on earth some gems and say hold off hours this time the longest that the prime minister has spoken for an address these questions this time out it was no different what we what we heard was mr putin feeling a question about a ballot that had been spoiled during the par

russian billionaire mikhail prokhorov the country's third wealthiest person has a formally announced he's running in the presidential election for next march. show of strength thousands flood the center of moscow again but this time it's the supporters of the victorious united russia party and follows mass opposition rallies are staged amid claims the results of the parliamentary vote. talks resume on greece's second rescue package amid skepticism over the efficiency of the emergency measure and all the while against the backdrop of widening cracks within the e.u. . occupy protesters take their rallies to the next level as they plan a shutdown of america's west coast softer a series of police raids those resulted in a picture of camps and dozens of arrests. worldwide news live from moscow this is the with me rory stewart shai candidates have been throwing their hats into the ring ahead of russia's upcoming presidential runoff one of the world's richest men a russian a businessman and office formally announced he's running in the election for next march let's not cross live to all the

but mikhail prokhorov is always looking for a risk. >> do you like danger?like controlled risk. >> by now, moscow's richest men is an adrenaline junky. you will also notice that he is quite tall, 6'8" to be exact as he trains here with his personal kickboxing partner who is the coach of the russian national team. >> i am addicted to sport. without sport, i feel bad. in this case, it's some kind of drug. >> how much time do you spend working out every day? >> two hours. two hours, i have my workout. >> reduces stress? >> i like to be in stress. >> you like it? >> it's my competitive advantage. >> prokhorov announced his candidacy last night, and everybody was shocked, including journalists were shocked. is he a serious contender? only time will tell. jeff and rebecca. >> all right. thank you. >>> and after nearly knife years of war, u.s. troops will be out of iraq by the end of this month. >> coming up here this morning, we're going to speak with former vice president dick cheney about the future of iraq. we'll talk about the gop race for the white house. sti

of russia's billionaires put his name down for the country's top job this week metals mogul mikhail prokhorov wants to run against putin for the presidency in march and is spending the maximum top point five million dollars allowed for his campaign his announcement follows the largest rally in decades in a gathering against election fraud of moscow a week ago. at the political arena in this year and spearheaded the right cause political party and then he quit over disagreements with other party members he is russia's third richest man worth an estimated eighteen billion dollars and he owns the american basketball team the new jersey nets. the military hearing of the soldier accused of passing secret american government data to wiki leaks come under way friday bradley manning has already spent more than a year and a half in detention the hearing is to determine whether there's enough evidence to put manning on trial if guilty he would spend life behind bars private manning served as an intelligence analyst in iraq and is accused of leaking classified military and diplomatic dated to the whistl

mikhail prokhorov is said to bot worth $18 billion. he owns the nba's new jersey nets.ens kept children home from school in a show of civil disobedience. this is video shot in the city of homs. the government went ahead with municipal election and moments ago, the death toll surpassed 5,000. president obama and nouri al-maliki atended a wreath laying ceremony at the arlington national ceremony. u.s. forces are scheduled to be out of iraq in less than three weeks. tonight, greg palkot shows us what the final days look like in baghdad and here at home. >> president obama and nouri al-maliki met in washington today and put the bost face of the final pull-out of the iran. the president expulled the wider benefit of a war he once opposed. >> what has happened in the last several years has linked to the united states and iraq in a way that is potentially powerful. could benefit america and iraq but the entire world. >> asked about the noncommittal staff on the clash of syria. some see it as a sign of iraq alignment with iran that backs ally syria. both admit iraq was in a tou

. >>> the russian billionaire mikhail prokhorov says he'll run against putin in next year's race. problem rove owns the new jersey nets is targeted the country's fast growing middle class for support. tens of thousands of russians have been protesting the recent elections after allegations of fraud. nina? >>> in the meantime russian president dimitri medvedev has come under fire fors his response. on his facebook page he said he disagreed with protester slogans wow but would go ahead with an election investigation. within hours thousands people responded largely posting negative comments to it. >>> canada has officially resigned from the kyoto protocol just a day after an international delegation agreed to extend the treaty's limits on carbon emissions. canada's environment minister says the treaty's goals are not achievable without having the world's two biggest carbon emitters on board. they are, of course, the united states and china. >>> before the break, we were telling you about david cameron's decision to veto changes to the eu treaty. let's go back and take a listen to dan

this is mikhail prokhorov, a 6'8" billionaire many times over. a playboy. he owns the nba nets. could a basketball mogul run russia? he's a mogul who wants more than money. he wants power and to take on putin. high stakes for everyone, and perhaps an exciting race. is it worth it and can he really win? i asked an expert on russia. >> i think this is very significant for putin. this represents the first time that the system he has constructed, the system in which a certain elite set at the top benefit but some of those benefits are shared all the way down. this is fundamentally being shaken. this is one of the guys who has benefited all along from the putin system. he is coming in and he is seeking to change the system. whether he does it inside through a deal with putin or he does it by trying to ride this wave of public protest almost doesn't matter. this is putin acknowledging or being forced to acknowledge that the system needs to change and that's very significant. >> despite an outcry over the election an aide to putin says the votes will stand. stay tuned, we're going to c

this is mikhail prokhorov, a 6'8" billionaire many times over. a playboy. he owns the nba nets. could a basketball mogul run russia? he's a mogul who wants more than money. he wants power and to take on putin. high stakes for everyone, and perhaps an exciting race. is it worth it and can he really win? i asked an expert on russia. >> i think this is very significant for putin. this represents the first time that the system he has constructed, the system in which a certain elite set at the top benefit but some of those benefits are shared all the way down. this is fundamentally being shaken. this is one of the guys who has benefited all along from the putin system. he is coming in and he is seeking to change the system. whether he does it inside through a deal with putin or he does it by trying to ride this wave of public protest almost doesn't matter. this is putin acknowledging or being forced to acknowledge that the system needs to change and that's very significant. >> despite an outcry over the election an aide to putin says the votes will stand. stay tuned, we're going to c

mikhail prokhorov announced he will run against putin next march.khrov's wealth is estimated at $18 billion, and he owns the nba's new jersey nets. he pledged to advocate for russia's burgeoning middle class. >> ( translated ): society is waking up and no matter if we want it or not, those authorities who fail to establish a dialogue with society, i think they will soon have to go. a serious change is happening in the world, and a new sort of person is emerging from the development of the internet, communications between government and society is getting closer. >> sreenivasan: the announcement followed saturday's protests targeting putin and alleged vote fraud during parliamentary elections. thousands of people gathered in moscow and other cities across russia. across syria, businesses closed their doors and parents kept their children home from school as part of a general strike. it was meant to press for an end to the crackdown on protests. amateur video showed the strike was being widely observed, especially in centers of the protest movement su