50 of the richest Russians lost almost $ 12 billion due to US sanctions 

The total fortune of 50 of Russia's richest people in a day was reduced by more than $ 11,7 billion.

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This follows from the data of experts of Forbes magazine, calculated in real time, writes RBC.

Their capital is declining due to the fall of the Russian stock market - at the peak of the fall, the Mosbirzhi index fell 9 in April by more than 9%, and the RTS index dropped by almost 11%.

The leader in terms of losses was Oleg Deripaska, whose condition against the background of a sharp decline in the value of securities Rusal and En + Group decreased by almost a quarter, or $ 1,3 billion. Experts Forbes Deripaska’s 9 state of April is estimated at $ 4 billion, while at the time of publication of the 2018 billionaires rating of the year it was $ 6,7 billion.

$ 1,3 billion was also lost by the main owner of Norilsk Nickel (the price of 9 shares in April fell by more than 15%), Vladimir Potanin, who, unlike Deripaska, the US Department of the Treasury has not yet considered to be among the oligarchs who "play a key role in supporting malicious acts of Russia ".

The third and fourth places among the leaders in terms of casualties were fixed for Viktor Vekselberg (minus $ 908 million) and Suleiman Kerimov (minus $ 813 million). Both are members of the US Sanctions List.

Two other defendants of this document also suffered losses, but much smaller. Andrey Skoch became poorer by $ 106 million, Vladimir Bogdanov - by $ 47 million. And in the capital of Igor Rotenberg and Kirill Shamalov, the fall of the stock market of April 9, according to Forbes, did not affect at all.

Major losses due to the collapse of the 9 stock market in April were also incurred by Leonid Mikhelson (minus $ 755 million), Gennady Timchenko (minus $ 716 million), Vladimir Lisin (minus $ 578 million), Roman Abramovich (minus $ 534 million), Vagit Alekperov (minus $ 519 million) and Alexey Mordashov (minus $ 489 million).

Against the background of this fall, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev instructed the government to work out the issue of supporting Russian companies, which 6 of April got into the new US sanctions list, writes "Present.

The prime minister stressed that the new sanctions against Russia are "another manifestation of protectionist policies, only veiled also in the sanctions cover."

“These decisions are certainly unacceptable. We consider them illegitimate, since they are generally outside the scope of international law. And, of course, we reserve the right to retaliate, including existing trade agreements and procedures. And their economic essence is to promote American commercial interests around the world contrary to existing trade rules, contrary to the established order,” Medvedev said.

The prime minister said that it is necessary to provide support to the affected companies.

“As for those of our companies that fell under these very sanctions, we need to consider providing support: this also applies to metallurgists, the energy sector, and trade in products of the military-industrial complex,” said the head of the Russian government.

Recall 6 April The US authorities have listed Russian entrepreneurs who are close to Vladimir Putin on the 17 list, as well as 7 high-ranking officials associated with the Russian president.. The list also includes companies associated with some of the oligarchs, most of which are related to Oleg Deripaska, who became the leader in terms of losses.

Shares of his holding company En + (it owns the aluminum holding Rusal and Eurosibenergo), as well as Rusal itself, owned by Deripaska, collapsed on the stock exchanges on Monday morning. “Rusal” in the first half of the day in Moscow lost 25%, En + more than 15%. American investors must get rid of shares of “sanctioned” companies before May 7.

GAZ Group, owned by Deripaska, also lost value: in Moscow, its ordinary shares fell by almost 10% in the first half of the day, and its preferred shares - by 1,41%.

In addition to Rusal, GAZ and En +, there are also other companies from the Basic Element holding, owned by Deripaska, but most of them are not traded on the stock exchange.

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