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Data based on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index as of October 1.
Since the beginning of the year, the combined wealth of Russia's richest businessmen has dropped by a total of more than $25 billion. This is evidenced by updated data from the Bloomberg Billionaires Index (BBI).
As of October 1, Mikhail Prokhorov lost the most. Its capital dropped by $6.22 billion during the reporting period, to $10.4 billion.
The top 3 “impoverished” Russian entrepreneurs also included Norilsk Nickel President Vladimir Potanin (minus $4.28 billion, up to 22.1 billion) and USM founder Alisher Usmanov (minus $2.69 billion, up to 16.6 billion).
The fortune of NLMK head Vladimir Lisin, in turn, decreased by $2.62 billion, to 21.1 billion. Telegram founder Pavel Durov (listed as a terrorist and extremist by Rosfinmonitoring) lost $2.56 billion during this time, his capital dropped to 11.8 billion.

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