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March 13, 2006
Forbes Richest List Includes 32 Russians

Twelve of Russia's oligarchs made it into Forbes magazine's list of the 100 richest individuals in the world this year.

Roman Abramovich, the governor of the Chukotka region who owns Britain's Chelsea football club, rose to the No. 11 spot, with a net worth of $18.2 billion, up from $14.7 billion last year. Vagit Alekperov, the chief executive of oil giant Lukoil, ranked No. 37 with $11 billion. Steel tycoon Vladimir Lisin was No. 41 with $10.7 billion. Viktor Vekselberg, who co-owns the Russian-British joint venture TNK-BP and the aluminum major SUAL, placed 44th with $10 billion...the only Russian woman to appear on this year's list is Yelena Baturina, the owner of a booming construction business and wife of Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov. She ranked 335th with $2.3 billion.

Read the full story by RIA Novosti and view the photos of the Russian oligarchs in the extended post.

If you look at their faces you will be surprised - these people don't look like ordinary billionaires, because they aren't. They look like either corrupt soviet bureaucrats or 35 year old charismatic scoundrels; because that’s who they are.

Please remember, that these Russian oligarchs did not create wealth; they actually didn’t create anything. They simply stole former Soviet property and have been leaching off it for the last 15 years.

And the people who were capable of doing this were either corrupt Soviet bureaucrats in the right places at the right time or 21 year old college drop-outs with shrewd minds and no fear. It’s because of them that Russia doesn’t produce anything but natural resources, extracted without any accountability or transparency. While the oligarchs own castles in Britain and hundreds of billions of dollars, the total Russian federal budget is only 104 billion dollars a year, and Russian pensioners are forgoing toilet paper to save money. And the citizens of booming Moscow could care less about the mayor's wife controlling the entire construction industry in the city.

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Roman Abramovich


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Oleg Deripaska


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Mikhail Fridman


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Vladimir Lisin


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Viktor Vekselberg


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Vagit Alekperov


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Vladimir Yevtushenkov


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Mikhail Prohorov


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Vladimir Potanin


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Alexei Mordashov



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This brings me back to an earlier theme I keep bringing up on the matter of improving the English language mass media coverage of Russia.

Anti-Putin oligarchs Boris Berezovsky and Vladimir Gusinsky aren't among the top 30 wealthiest Russians.

Yet, because of their involvement in media and politics, their minority views receive top billing.

They're anti-Putin which is their right (a point independent of what they have been accused of by the Russian legal system). Keep in mind that they reflect a minority of Russian public opinion. Putin currently has an approval rating of about 70%.

If some of the other oligarchs constructively (I stress constructively) contributed to media/political think tank ventures, the mainstream Russian view would be much better communicated.

The obvious continues to remain a distant reality.

I wouldn't say it's because of them that Russia is in trouble, though of course they bear more responsibility than any other group.

These people stole Russian oil not because some bureucrats were in the right place at the right time, but because the very people who were in charge of privatization (Gaidar, Kokh, Chubais) were corrupt, and the Russian public too naive to pay attention. Now Putin, by going after B., G., and Khodor., makes it look like the rules have changed, but have they really? The rich and powerful in Russia still have nothing to fear - except each other, perhaps.

I have a question for Michael Averko: where does the 70% number come from? It looks suspiciously high.

I'm not sure about the 70% number either, but I agree with Ivan Lenin. I believe oligarchs are responsible for a lot of bad stuff that has happened (and is happening) to Russia. Putin is trying hard, but the system is too well oiled to be cracked. For your own safety you just want to "play the game" when you're in Russia.

Ivan & Yuri:

That roughly 70% approval rating of Putin is often quoted. Offhand and without specifics, it's poll data from Western, Russian and joint (Western and Russian) sources.

Check some of Sergei Roy's "Editor's Column" articles at http://english.intelligent.ru Puting aside my well founded critique of Mr. Roy's character, he's a constructive critic of Putin in terms of providing even handed analysis, inclusive of criticism.

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