Bloomberg reports that the wealth of the richest Russians has increased by $16 billion since the beginning of 2022 12:55

Russian billionaires got $16.11 billion rich last January. About to witness Data from the Bloomberg Billionaires Index (BBI).

In the ranking of billionaires of the Bloomberg agency, there are 23 Russian citizens. The largest part of $ 16.11 billion – $ 2.5 billion – belongs to Vagit Alekperov, the founder of the Russian oil company Lukoil. In total, he has $17.9 billion at his disposal.

In second place in terms of earnings for January is Alexei Mordashov, CEO of the steel and mining company Severstal. His fortune is replenished with 1.54 billion dollars, he has a total of 20.2 billion dollars.

The third is Vladimir Potanin, one of the main owners of the mining and metallurgical company Norilsk Nickel. They got $1.32 billion richer and remained the richest Russian citizens in the ranking with $29.9 billion.

Also in the top 5 were Leonid Mikhelson (+$25.8 billion), chairman of the board of directors of Novatek oil and gas company, and Vladimir Lisin (+$20.6 billion), major shareholder of Novolipetsk Iron and Steel Works (NLMK).

In the second half of January, the press service of the British charity Oxfam reportedSince 2020, only 1% of Earth’s inhabitants have saved almost twice as much money as the rest of humanity, with the richest getting $26 trillion, the remaining 99% making $16 trillion together.