Ex-Putin Ally, Paratrooper, Vows to End Premier’s 12-Year Rule
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Sergei Mironov, the ousted speaker of Russia’s upper house of parliament who’s challenging his long-time ally Vladimir Putin for the Kremlin, said it’s time for the prime minister to relinquish his 12-year rule.
“Putin must go,” said Mironov, who leads the Just Russia opposition party and plans to join a protesters’ march for the first time in downtown Moscow on Feb. 4. “I don’t see any willingness by Putin to change the political system. He believes monopoly of power is good.”