Moscow 'has most billionaires'

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Snip from BBC News:

The Russian capital Moscow now boasts more billionaires than any other city in the world, according to a survey by Forbes magazine.
The study also estimates that a quarter of Russia's wealth is now concentrated in the hands of just 100 people.

Topping the list with an estimated fortune of $15.2bn is Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the former head of the oil firm Yukos, who is presently in jail facing charges of fraud and tax evasion.

The 37-year-old oil and aluminium tycoon, Roman Abramovich, who last year bought London's Chelsea Football Club, is Russia's second wealthiest man, worth $12bn.

Oil and gas industrialist Victor Vekselberg, who made the headlines this year when he bought the world's second-largest collection of Faberge eggs, came in third with $5.9bn.

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I reckon Forbes is wrong or has deliberately posted a counter-intelligence story to throw the scent off the real mega rich who are all mostly in the US and keep an immensely low profile about the extent of their hydro-carbon assets.

The proliferation of post-Cold War Russian oligarchs has ben a BFE-fuelled phenomenon to appease Putin cronies.

The real multi billionaires don't want the public to know of their existence and guard their privacy avidly.

Maybe half a dozen US nationals could buy out Bill Gates with their pety cash.

[russian33]

1. I think it's true...

...and the ways these people became billionaires is questionable at best...for example, Mayor of Moscow's Wife is on this list with $1.1 billion fortune...gee, how did she manage to get that?