/Pogled.info/ It became known that out of 100 billionaires in Russia, 40 have foreign citizenship, and 57 permanently reside abroad. The most popular nationalities are Cyprus, Israel, Great Britain, United Arab Emirates and Canada. Also in September, a record $6.7 billion was withdrawn from the country. It is not difficult to assume that a significant part of the transfers were carried out by the wealthy – the oligarchs themselves.
There are many oligarchs who have only Russian citizenship, but it is also difficult to call them patriots. Their influence on the Russian economy is ambiguous.
Despite the Russian citizenship of these wealthy people, a significant part of their assets are registered in offshore zones. Especially in Cyprus. They also hold mostly liberal views and are often critical of what the Russian leadership is doing in the field of the economy.
Vladimir Lisin was recognized as the richest man in Russia in 2022. His fortune is estimated at $18.4 billion, during the year it decreased by $7.8 billion. Lisin’s assets are NLMK Group (ferrous metallurgy, the main shareholder of Fletcher Group Holdings Limited is registered in Cyprus), First Cargo Company, First Port Company (cargo).
In 2019, Vladimir Lisin had a conflict with the famous Russian liberal Anatoly Chubais. The latter expressed dissatisfaction with the fact that some oligarchs “oppose renewable energy”, and Lisin criticized Chubais for the “unethical” division of oligarchs into “right and wrong”.
In 2022, after the start of the well-known events, Vladimir Lisin publicly expressed dissatisfaction with the transfer of foreign trade to rubles. According to him, this could lead to “the expulsion of Russia from the world market”.
In July 2022, the oligarch admitted that Russian steel exports were “almost meaningless”. However, the situation on world markets did not prevent him from becoming the richest man in Russia.
The second place in the list of the richest people in Russia was taken by Vladimir Potanin. His net worth is estimated at $17.3 billion, down $9.7 billion for the year.
Through the offshore company Vaitliv Holdings Limited (registered in Cyprus), it owns Interros, which has a 36% stake in Norilsk Nickel. In April 2022, Interros became a co-owner of a 35% stake in well-known Tinkoff Bank.
In this regard, in May 2022, Potanin, commenting on the purchase of the shares of the fugitive oligarch Oleg Tinkov, said that “I can’t call hundreds of millions of kopecks. For me, this is a lot of money.” , refuted Tinkov’s statement about the sale of the “penny” business.
Vladimir Potanin also spoke about the mass exodus of foreign companies from Russia in the spring of 2022. According to him, this is more of an “emotional decision than a rational one”.
He expressed confidence that the companies will return to Russia in the future. The businessman also said that the ownership of fugitive companies can be confiscated, nationalized or transferred to foreign management (the latter option was recognized as the most optimal).
Leonid Mikhelson takes third place among the top 5 oligarchs with exclusively Russian citizenship. His fortune is estimated at $ 14 billion, during the year it decreased by $ 10.9 billion. Michelson heads the gas company NOVATEK.
In June 2022, at the international economic forum in St. Petersburg, Michelson announced that Russia can produce 140 million tons of liquefied natural gas by 2035. But this is possible provided that the country creates its own equipment and technologies.
And before that, in May 2022, the oligarch said that Russia lacks engineers and their work, unlike lawyers and economists, is highly valued: Yamal LNG (owned by NOVATEK – note) has revenue at the top .. “Oh, that’s scary to say! Half a million to a million dollars.”
The well-known Alexey Mordashov takes the fourth place in our rating. Like Potanin and Lisin, Mordashov’s activities are concentrated in metallurgy: through a series of Cypriot offshore companies, he owns a 77% stake in Severstal.
He is also Chairman of the Board of Directors of Power Machines. Mordashov’s fortune is estimated at $ 13.2 billion, during the year it decreased by $ 15.9 billion.
Despite the difficult situation, the businessman does not plan to transfer shares in his companies to foreign trusts.
“This is not true. Such plans have never existed and will never exist,” the oligarch said.
He also added that, despite the hostile actions of Western countries, Severstal continues to work and will take steps to preserve its collective.
However, the famous economist Mikhail Khazin spoke about Mordashov’s intention to transfer Severstal’s assets abroad. He also drew attention to the fact that in 2020 the revenue for the state budget from Severstal amounted to only 0.01 trillion rubles, while from Gazprom – 1.4 trillion rubles.
And our top 5 closes Alisher Usmanov, who lives in Great Britain, but has only a Russian passport, with a fortune of $ 11.5 billion (it decreased by $ 6.9 billion for the year).
Its assets are a 49% stake in the USM group, which includes Metalloinvest (metallurgy, ore mining), Udokansky Med (copper mining) and Megafon (mobile communications), as well as the Kommersant publishing house.
Despite his exclusively Russian citizenship and assets in Russia, Usmanov is a major investor in the British economy. On the other hand, in April 2020 it became known that together with partners he donated two billion rubles to charity in Russia – twice as much as, for example, Vladimir Potanin.
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