The most rich people of Russia last year they increased their wealth by $152 billion.thanks to high prices for natural resources and recovering from the huge losses suffered by Ukraine shortly after the start of the war, the Russian edition of Forbes magazine reported.
According to Forbes Russia, there are 110 official Russian billionaires on the list, which is 22 more than last year. their combined wealth rose to $505 billion.from $353 billion
The list would be longer if five billionaires — DST Global founder Yuri Milner, Revolut founder Nikolai Storonsky, Freedom Finance founder Timur Turlov, and JetBrains co-founders Sergey Dmitriev and Valentin Kipyatkov — they did not renounce Russian citizenshipaccording to Forbes.
“Last year’s rating was also affected by forecasts of a deterioration in the state of the Russian economy,” Forbes notes, adding that the total fortune of Russian billionaires in 2021, before the start of the war, was $606 billion.
Source: Kathimerini
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