Despite the crisis, the richest clans in Russia not only did not become impoverished, but continue to grow rich. According to the Forbes ranking of the richest families in Russia in 2016, the combined amount of back-breaking labor rose from $ 18 billion to $ 25 billion.
10. The Mutsoevs - $ 950 million
The rating of the richest clans of the Russian Federation begins with the modest millionaires - the Mutsoev family, consisting of two brothers and their sons. But once Zelimkhan and Amirkhan began with sewing down jackets. Now their family group "Regions" is one of the ten kings of Russian real estate.
9. Magomedovs - $ 1.15 billion
The Magomedovs, like almost everyone on this list, began with oil trading and banking. In 2002, Magomed went into politics, becoming a senator, and Ziyaudin continued to do business. At the moment, he owns the oil and gas company YATEK.
8. The Rakhimkulovs - $ 1.2 billion
The Rakhimkulov family has been closely connected with Hungary since 1994, when the Interprokom company, headed by the head of the family, Megdet, received 10% in the capital of a local gas trader. As a result, Megdet was the richest inhabitant of Hungary until his return to Russia in 2008. And his sons chose to stay there. The family's fortune consists of shares in a Hungarian bank and an oil company, as well as Russian Gazprom and VTB.
7. Bazhaevs - $ 1.25 billion
The family company sold its oil company two years ago, but two of its members - Musa and his nephew Denis - still have a 40% stake in Russian Platinum. The elder brother, Mavlit, retired.
6. Sarkisovs - $ 1.4 billion
The basis of the Sarkisovs' fortune is their share in the RESO-Garantia insurance company. A nice addition is the abundance of luxury overseas real estate, which is located on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean.
5. Shaimievs - $ 1.7 billion
The richest people in Tatarstan, the brothers Radik and Ayrat, began to make a fortune when their father was still the first president of the republic. Now they collectively own 19.5% of the TAIF oil and gas group. With the rise in oil prices, the brothers' fortune has also grown (by $ 300 million this year).
4. Shamalovs - $ 2.4 billion
Nikolai Shamalov was awarded the title of "Putin's personal friend", and his son Kirill is Putin's son-in-law. Nikolay owns 10% of the shares of Bank Rossiya, and Kirill owns slightly more than one-fifth of the shares in Sibur.
3. Ananievs - $ 2.5 billion
The Ananyevs' fortune is based on two pillars - the banks Promsvyazbank and Vozrozhdenie. It also includes Technoserv, PSN Group and two large Moscow printing houses.
2. The Rotenbergs - $ 2.8 billion
We say "Rotenbergs" - we mean "Gazprom contracts". The Stroygazmontazh company, founded by brothers Arkady and Boris, has become the largest contractor in the oil and gas industry in the Russian Federation. This year Arkady managed to grab a few tidbits, such as laying the Power of Siberia pipeline (198 billion rubles) and the construction of the Kerch bridge (338 billion rubles).Only the US sanctions policy makes life a little difficult for the titans of the oil business, but family members have found a way out - they pour parts of the capital from one to another until the sanctions hammer falls on the next in the chain. So Arkady sold his shares in the companies to his son Igor, and the general assets of the family in Finland were transferred to his nephew. But the United States is not asleep, so now, apparently, both Igor Arkadyevich and Roman Borisovich urgently need to have offspring.
1. The Gutseriev family
Over the past year, the fortune of the vast Gutseriev family has grown 2.5 times and has come close to the $ 10 billion mark. Although the family is big, only three people have a share in the business - the head of the family and the founder of BIN Mikhail, his younger brother and nephew. Mikhail owns a large share of the family fortune - he has 70% of shares in oil companies and just over 50% in finance and real estate. Mikhail's elder brother, who once held the post of the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ingushetia, as well as Mikhail's son, does not participate in business; Mikhail believes that the son must first prove that he is worthy. The BIN group played the main role in enriching the family (oil companies, two banks, a financial group from pension funds, hotels, radio stations, etc.). Last year, BIN transactions totaled $ 1.5 billion.