The wealth of the richest Russians decreased by 24.56 billion dollars from the beginning of 2026, according to the index of billionaires published by Bloomberg: the largest decrease was recorded by the president of Norilsk Nickel Vladimir Potanin - by 8.1 billion dollars to 21.6 billion dollars. Mikhail Prokhorov's fortune dropped to 10.8 billion dollars, Mikhail Friedman - to 10.4 billion dollars. Telegram co-founder Pavel Durov (listed as a terrorist and extremist) saw his fortune plummet to $12.1 billion. An increase in wealth during the year was recorded for Gennady Timchenko and Viktor Vekselberg - by 1.04 billion dollars each, as well as for Suleiman Karimov and Dmitry Rybolovlev.