The wealth of the richest Russians has decreased by 24.56 billion dollars since the beginning of 2026, according to the index of billionaires published by Bloomberg: - the largest decrease was noted by the president of Norilsk Nickel, Vladimir Potanin - by 8.1 billion dollars, to 21.6 billion dollars; - The capital of Telegram founder Pavel Durov* decreased by 2.61 billion dollars, to 12.1 billion dollars; - Mikhail Prokhorov's fortune decreased by 4.86 billion dollars, to 10.8 billion dollars; - Mikhail Friedman's fortune decreased by 3.8 billion dollars, to 10.4 billion dollars; - The capital of the co-founder of Eurocom and SUEK Andrey Melnichenko decreased by 2.8 billion dollars, to 17.4 billion dollars. The largest increase in wealth during the year was recorded for Gennady Timchenko and Viktor Vekselberg - by $1.04 billion each. *Included in Rosfinmonitoring's list of terrorists and extremists.