The richest Russians have lost almost 24.6 billion dollars since the beginning of the year according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, since the beginning of 2026, the total wealth of Russian billionaires has decreased by 24.56 billion dollars. The president of Norilsk Nickel, Vladimir Potanin, lost the most - his fortune fell by $8.1 billion. Mikhail Prokhorov's loss was $4.86 billion, Mikhail Friedman's loss was $3.8 billion, and Andrei Melnichenko's loss was $2.8 billion. At the same time, some billionaires managed to increase their wealth. The fortunes of Gennady Timchenko and Viktor Vekselberg increased by $1.04 billion each.