Global economic crisis caused decline in the number of Russian billionaires.
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The economic crisis caused Russian billionaires to lose US$ 380 billion. The number of billionaires in the country has decreased by two thirds.
According to Russian edition of Forbes magazine, Mikhail Prokhorov is the wealthiest Russian businessman with his fortune of $9.5bln despite the fact that he lost $13.1bln due to the global crisis.
The last years number two, Roman Abramovich, owner of the Chelsea Football Club, retained his position with his fortune of $8.5bln despite loosing $24.3 bln.
The mostly-affected businessman in Russia was Oleg Deripaska, who is known as the aluminum king.
Deripaska came in the first row in the last years richest businessman list with his fortune of $28.5bln. He lost almost 90 percent of his money and remained in the 10th row this year with $3.5bln.
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