According to the latest rating of Forbes, Oleg Deripaska, left, is the wealthiest in Russia.
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Russia’s Millionaires Number Grew 1.5 Fold in a Year
The official number of Russia’s millionaires grew over 1.5 fold during a year; the millionaires paid taxes for the total worth of 55 billion rubles, Interfax reported with reference to Federal Tax Service that released preliminary results of the tax return campaign.
Russia has 131,000 dollar millionaires, the experts of Citi Private Bank and Knight Frank calculated earlier. Of interest is that the most skyrocketing growth of the wealth was reported in the section of Russia’s billionaires. The aggregate wealth of Forbes 100 billionaires of the country is nearly two fold above the budget receipts.
The number of income tax returns that the individuals filed in 2007 to declare income of no less than 1 million rubles grew 67.8 percent on year, Federal Tax Service said. Some 3.2 million taxpayers (10.4 percent up on year) declared the 2007 income as of April 30. The amount of individual income tax due to the budget under the tax returns grew nearly two fold to 55 billion rubles. At the same time, the amount claimed by taxpayers from the budget increased 32 percent to 21.6 billion rubles.
No secret that Russia’s oligarchs are the richest in Eastern Europe. According to the latest rating of Forbes, Oleg Deripaska ($28.6 billion) is the wealthiest in Russia, while Severstal owner Alexei Mordashov and Chukotka Governor and Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich follow him in the list of billionaires.
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