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August 1, Fineko/abc.az. The wealth of Russia's richest businessmen has increased by $20.163 billion since the beginning of the year.

ABC.AZ informs that this follows from the Bloomberg Billionaires Index published by Bloomberg, which, in particular, is calculated based on the value of companies' shares.

According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, Pavel Durov, co-founder of the Telegram messenger, has earned $3.27 billion since the beginning of the year, his fortune amounted to $14.3 billion, and the fortune of Alisher Usmanov, a shareholder of Metalloinvest, Russia's largest iron ore producer, increased by $3.12 billion up to $16.3 billion.

NLMK's chairman of the Board of Directors, Vladimir Lisin, suffered the greatest losses - his fortune decreased by $3.58 billion, to $22.2 billion.

Since March 2012, the agency has been publishing the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, which includes information about the wealth of the 500 richest people on the planet.