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In a flash quote Mikhail Prokhorov told ForUm about the business and attitude to Ukraine.

“Russia needs allies in Europe. Ukraine is ‘our
people’. If you (Ukraine) get in Europe before us (Russia) we will be happy, and if we get
their first we will give a hand,” says Prokhorov.

He is the seventh richest man from Russia and
the 57th richest man in the world according to the 2012 Forbes listing
with a fortune estimated at US$13.2 billion.

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