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 biggest 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 by $4.86 billion to $10.8 billion; Mikhail Friedman's fortune decreased by 3.8 billion dollars, to 10.4 billion dollars; The capital of the co-founder of Eurochem and SUEK Andrey Melnichenko decreased by $2.8 billion to $17.4 billion; The capital of Telegram founder Pavel Durov* decreased by $2.61 billion to $12.1 billion. 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. We are at MAX.