Mikhail Kasyanov

• Stocks in Rough Ride

The Russian presidential campaign kicked off in mid-January, with Dmitry Medvedev -- who is virtually guaranteed victory in the early March poll thanks to the support of current president Vladimir Putin -- striking a more liberal tone, pledging to strengthen democracy and accelerate the battle against corruption. Meanwhile, former prime minister turned opposition leader Mikhail Kasyanov was barred from running for president on a technicality. The country's stable political future did nothing to protect Russia's stock markets from a pummeling in the global market correction in January.

• Global Finance
• Vol. 22 Nbr. 3, March 2008

• Russian Election the Issue: Kremlin Wants Handpicked Successor Coordinated. Our View: Medvedev at Least Talks a Good Game.

Even though the election outcome is a foregone conclusion, the Kremlin is taking no chances. It wants the coronation of Vladimir Putin's handpicked successor, his newly installed prime minister, Dmitry Medvedev, unsullied by even token opposition. Election authorities have denied Putin's most visible and outspoken opponent, former Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov, off the ballot, and to drive home the point that he is truly unwanted in this contest, prosecutors have opened a criminal investigation into Kasyanov and his campaign staff for allegedly forging signatures on his nominating positions.

• Evansville Courier & Press (2007-Current)
• February 01, 2008

• Pay Attention to Russia

While the United States and much of the rest of the world has been focused on the Middle East, Russia has been undergoing a troubling transformation under President Vladimir Putin. The extent of that change became apparent last weekend when a group of protesters, led by such notable Russians as former world chess champion Garry Kasparov, former prime minister (under Putin) Mikhail Kasyanov and former presidential economic adviser Andrei Illarionov, was met by an estimated police force of 9,000. Eyewitnesses said the police beat the protesters and arrested about 200 of them. Kasparov was jailed and fined the equivalent of $30.

• Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
• April 19, 2007

• Putin Critic Targeted in Fraud ; Politics Feared in Kasyanov Case

A criminal probe targeting former Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov is raising fresh fears that the government of President Vladimir Putin is using the courts to intimidate or silence critics. Russian prosecutors earlier this week confirmed that they had begun a formal investigation into charges of fraud and abuse of office by Mr. Kasyanov in connection with a posh villa that he reportedly purchased while in office through front companies at a deep discount.

• The Washington Times
• July 14, 2005

• Putin Critic Seeks Election in 2008 ; Former Prime Minister Battles Low Popularity and a Stifled Press

Mikhail Kasyanov, Russia's longest-serving post-Soviet prime minister and an economic reformer with strong credentials, has stepped up his campaign to lead Russia's liberal forces and be elected the country's next president in 2008. But with his personal popularity low and the Kremlin maintaining a tight grip on the press, analysts say he faces an uphill struggle. Mr. Kasyanov, who was fired by President Vladimir Putin in 2004, opened his campaign for the presidency this month with the foundation of the Popular Democratic Union, a movement aimed at uniting reformist efforts to make gains in next year's parliamentary elections and the 2008 presidential vote.

• The Washington Times
• April 17, 2006

• Putin Fires Prime Minister

MOSCOW (AP) - Less than three weeks before the presidential election, President Vladimir Putin fired his prime minister Tuesday in a surprise move that rids the Russian leadership of a top holdover from the Boris Yeltsin era. The dismissal of Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov and his Cabinet also apparently bolstered the authority of Putin's inner circle of former KGB agents and set the stage for a makeover of the country's top leadership.

• Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)
• February 25, 2004

• Putin's Party Losing Support in Parliamentary Election

MOSCOW - Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's party struggled to hang onto its majority in Russia's parliamentary election, polls and official results showed today, suggesting Russians were wearying of the man who has dominated Russian politics for more than a decade. Rival parties and election monitors said even a result of about 50 percent was inflated, alleging ballot-stuffing and other significant violations at the polls. Many expressed fears that the vote count would be manipulated.

...Mikhail Kasyanov, a former prime minister during Putin's f...

• Charleston Gazette
• December 05, 2011

• Familiarity with Putin Breeding Contempt

Popular support for Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and his ruling party is falling as voters prepare for Sunday's parliamentary elections. Opposition to Putin is huge, and it's growing rapidly," said Moscow-based journalist Alexei Korolyov.

... figures, including former Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov and former First Deputy Prime Minister Bo...

• The Washington Times
• December 02, 2011

• In Russia, journalists and human rights activists are prime targets.

... killing of journalist Anna Politkovskaya, Mikhail Kasyanov, a former Prime Minister and current lead...

• The New American
• November 23, 2009

• Two-part czar.

.... Critics, such as former-Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov, argued that the budget was unrealistic, ...

• The National Interest
• Nbr. 2009, July 2009