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newyorker: Prokhorov Raps And here is Russian oligarch and presidential candidate Mikhail Prokhorov rapping. A couple of weeks ago, Prokhorov, whom Julia Ioffe wrote about for The New Yorker this week, appeared on “Projector Paris Hilton,” a comedy show on state television that allows itself some mild political satire. The show’s hosts handed Prokhorov a sheet of paper and asked him to rap along about his signature technology product, the ѿ-Mobile. Pronounced “yo-Mobilie,” it sounds roughly like the shorthand for Fuck Mobile to a Russian ear. It also makes for a fun, if corny, conceit for some stiff-jointed rapping.



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    oh russia, what even are you
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    HOLLY SHIT THIS IS AMAZING
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    Oh, wow. Okay. There’s this, then.
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    my…I don’t even…I love you, Russia. ed: Upon watching...Jay-Z is their target American...
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    future leader of ANY country should CLEARLY be decided by rap battle.
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