'FORBES' SAYS RUSSIA HAS 53 BILLIONAIRES. The latest issue of
"Forbes" magazine says Russia now has 53 dollar billionaires -- the
third most in the world after the United States and Germany, and 16
more than in 2006, news.ru reported on March 9. The magazine noted
that the cumulative worth of the Russian billionaires is $282 billion
-- higher than the total of the German billionaires. It also says
that the average age of Russia's billionaires is 46 -- 16 years
younger than the 62 years average of other billionaires. The magazine
reports that Russia's richest man continues to be Roman Abramovich,
ranking 16th in the world with $18.7 billion. He is still far behind
the world's richest man, who is Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates with
wealth estimated at $56 billion. The Russian magazine "Finans"
recently suggested that Oleg Deripaska has overtaken Abramovich as
Russia's richest man. On March 5, Communist Party (KPRF) leader
Gennady Zyuganov raised the issue of the rich at a regional elections
rally in Ramenskoye in Moscow Oblast, "The Moscow Times" reported on
March 9. He asked the crowd rhetorically: "why did Abramovich steal
your wealth? Why does [Unified Energy Systems CEO Anatoly] Chubais
get paid $100,000 per month?" But in the end, Zyuganov made no policy
proposals and simply called for "elementary justice."
bah - Roman Abramovich isnt the richest man in Russia, there is some other guy who's recently over taken him, though god knows how u spell his name!
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