Roman Abramovich is no longer Russia’s richest man

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Roman Abramovich is no longer Russia’s richest man, says Finance magazine (Russia) that will publish its full list of Russian billionaires on February 12.

Finance has not announced yet who replaced Abramovich at the top position, however, it must be someone from metallurgical industry: Mikhail Prokhorov or Vladimir Putin, who are dividing their Nornickel, or Vladimir Lisin, owner of the Novolipetsk Metallurgical Works.

The rankings include people whose fortune exceeds 2 billion rubles. The list of dollar billionaires includes only one woman, Yelena Baturina (wife of Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov), whose capital increased over than three times up to $6 billion.