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Russian 20 biggest billionaires keep riches from Putin
Bloomberg reported that Mr Alisher Usmanov, Russia’s richest person, moved control of most of his USD 20 billion fortune last year to a holding company based in the British Virgin Islands, a collection of more than 60 isles 5,600 miles away from Moscow.
According to Metalloinvest’s annual report, the company, USM Holdings, controls the billionaire’s most valuable asset, Metalloinvest Holding Company, Russia’s largest iron ore producer, through two Cyprus based subsidiaries, USM Steel & Mining Group Ltd. and USM Investments Limited.
Mr Valery Tutykhin, an attorney with John Tiner & Partners, a Geneva-based law firm that specializes in wealth management, said that “Offshores are the main tool for Russian businessmen to protect their assets from state authorities, rivals and all kinds of raiders.”
According to the report, All of Russia’s 20 richest people who have a combined net worth of more than USD 227 billion, control a portion of their fortune through holding companies registered outside of their home country.
Source - Bloomberg