Russian billionaires are enriched by 21.6 billion dollars in the last 11 months of 2017. According to the published data of the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, the first line of the richest Russian is taken by the shareholder of Severstal Alexei Mordashov. Since the beginning of the year, he "gained weight" by $ 2.32 billion. According to the agency, only for the day from October 30 to October 31, 2017, the state of Mordashov increased by 126.3 million dollars. In second place is the president of Norilsk Nickel Vladimir Potanin, whose fortune increased by $ 1.32 billion and is, according to the agency, 17.7 billion. dollars. The main asset of the billionaire regularly brought him revenue even though the prices for metals, including nickel on the exchanges, dropped significantly. As noted by Moody's, the reserves of Potanin's deposits rich in various minerals are so great that it can "effectively produce nickel even at current metal prices, thanks to sales of copper, palladium and platinum that can be considered as by-products". I could not damage the business of one of the richest people in Russia and the lawsuit with my ex-wife, who repeatedly tried to bite off a tidbit from his assets, but so far nothing has been achieved. The only significant event that Norilsk Nickel shares dropped was the refusal to merge with RusAl Oleg Deripaska in order to create the largest metallurgical enterprise in Russia. And if not this, then, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, it could be $ 1.4 billion. richer, since literally on November 6, 2017, his fortune was estimated at 19.3 billion. dollars. Vladimir Lisin, the head of the board of directors of NLMK, closes the three leaders, whose state this year increased by 3.33 billion. dollars and reached 16.4 billion. dollars.

And, as follows from NLMK's reports - the main asset of a businessman, the company's main profit, at least for 2-3 quarters, was brought by the sale of products on the Russian market. The top ten also included Andrei Melnichenkov, Roman Abramovich and Vagit Alekperov. But while the capitals of Russia's richest people are growing, a significant portion of Russians are barely making ends meet - according to the World Bank, 53.7% of them live on less than $ 10 a day, and the real incomes of the country's population continue to fall.