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Monday, March 14th 2011 - 03:52 UTC

Russian oligarchs turn Moscow to the world’s billionaire capital

Steel baron Vladimir Lisin with an estimated personal wealth of 24 billion US dollars

Russian oligarchs are back with a bang, making Moscow officially the world’s billionaire capital. Profiting from the recent commodity boom, the number of the country’s billionaires — most of whom built their empires during Russia’s anarchic 1990s — grew two thirds to 101, from last year’s 62, according to Forbes.

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