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Pragoshian's Political Ambitions Could Also Be to Do With Putin
Some of this tension could also be to do with Pragoshian's own ambitions where he might be trying to capitalize both on his proximity to Putin and the fact that he is delivering results. The man who started as a hot dog seller in St. Petersburg sometime in the 1990s after the disintegration of the Soviet Union is one of the most powerful men in today's Russia. He has risen so fast in the last six months, last six to seven months. You know, he has always been active in a sense. He was an insider.
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