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Number of Russian billionaires reach 77

15 February 2010 11:03 (UTC +04:00)

Baku â€“ APA-Economics. Russia gained 28 new billionaires in the last year as the global financial crisis eased and the countryâ€™s economy started recovering from its steepest decline on record, Bloomberg reported based on Finans magazine.
The number of Russians worth at least $1 billion increased to 77 from 49 a year ago, the Moscow-based magazine said in a statement on its Web site today.
The combined wealth of the 10 richest Russians jumped 84 percent to $139.3 billion, Finans said. That compares with the $221 billion the 10 richest were worth two years ago, when the billionaire list swelled to a record 101.
It took a fortune of $9.95 billion to join the top 10 this year. Only two men, Mikhail Prokhorov and Roman Abramovich, were worth more last year, with $14.1 billion and $13.9 billion, respectively.
Finans mentioned only one person by name in todayâ€™s statement, Abramovich, saying he remains among the three richest men in the country. The magazine will publish its annual ranking of the 500 richest Russians on Feb. 15.