Despite unprecedented Western sanctions and the war in Ukraine, the richest Russians mostly continued to increase their wealth, according to the Bloomberg agency in its "Billionaire Index".
In the section published today, it is emphasized that the richest Russian is still Vladimir Potanin, who owns a little more than a third of the shares of the "Norilsk Nickel" mine.
His wealth at the beginning of March amounted to 28,4 billion dollars and he is among the few Russian billionaires who had losses in the first two months of this year, as he lost 178 million dollars, reports N1.
The director, president and largest shareholder of the Novatek gas company Leonid Mikhelson is in second place with $25,1 billion, and in January and February he earned $593 million.
President and majority shareholder of Novolipeck, one of the four largest steel companies in Russia, Vladimir Lisin has increased his wealth by 1,05 billion dollars since the beginning of the year and now has 20,9 billion at his disposal.
The main shareholder and president of Severstal, the largest Russian steel company, Alexey Mordashov has a fortune of 20,1 billion dollars, and since the beginning of the year he has increased it by 1,39 billion.
The fifth is Alisher Usmanov, who earned 958 million dollars in the past two months, after which his wealth is 19,4 billion.
The former first man of Lukoil, Vagit Aleksperov, earned as much as 2,53 billion dollars in January and February of this year, and his wealth is now estimated at 17,9 billion.
The former owner of the American NBA club Brooklyn Nets, Mikhail Prokhorov, earned $578 million this year and now has assets worth $13,8 billion.
Industrialist Andrei Melninchenko has 12,7 billion, and this year he reduced his wealth by 425 million.
The ninth richest Russian is Gennady Timchenko with assets worth 11,8 billion, and in the first two months of this year he lost 1,1 billion.
Desti is one of the founders of the Alfa Group, Mihail Fridman, with a fortune of 11,6 billion dollars, which will increase by 2023 million in 306.
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