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December 23, 2010
Prokhorov shoulders the burden of billions
The Moscow News
by Andy Potts
Being Oligarch-rich is a bitch.
With billions in the bank, an enviable status as Russia’s most eligible bachelor and a newly-purchased basketball team bouncing along in the glamorous NBA, Mikhail Prokhorov might seem to have it all.
But the Onexim president suffers as much of the rest of us – or so he would have us believe.
In an interview with Vedomosti, the man rated Russia’s second richest by Forbes lamented the woes of being wealthy in the midst of poverty.
“We must realise that to be rich in a poor country is a burden,” Prokhorov said.
NoLandGrab: Well, in fairness, Bruce Ratner did grub a few hundred million off him.
Posted by eric at December 23, 2010 10:51 PM