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7 unusual facts about Mikhail Kasyanov

Alexander Viktorovich Blokhin

From January 2000 he was the Minister for Federal Affairs, Nationalities and Migration in Mikhail Kasyanov's Cabinet, until October 2001 when the position was abolished.

Mikhail Fradkov's Second Cabinet

Mikhail Fradkov's Second Cabinet (May 2004 - September 2007) was the twelfth cabinet of the government of the Russian Federation, preceded by Mikhail Fradkov's First Cabinet, which followed the cabinet led by Mikhail Kasyanov, who had been dismissed by President Vladimir Putin on February 24, 2004 shortly before the presidential election.

Mikhail Kasyanov

Since 2012 Mikhail Kasyanov is a co-chair of registered political party «Republican Party of Russia – People's Freedom Party» (RPR-PARNAS).

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Kasyanov left (opposition group) The Other Russia in July 2007 due to the group's failure to agree on a single presidential candidate.

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Currently, he is a co-chair of political party «RPR-PARNAS», the leader of movement People's Democratic Union and an outspoken critic of Vladimir Putin.

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January 2008: The Central Election Commission of Russia (ЦИК) barred his candidacy for the presidential elections, citing an excess of forgeries within his required two million signatures.

Political groups under Vladimir Putin's presidency

The Family group has also almost entirely lost its influence by 2004 after the dismissals of Alexander Voloshin (October 2003), Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov (February 2004) and some key figures of his Cabinet, but some of the group's members secured their political survival.