  Forbes: Sergey Galitsky was Russia’s biggest billionaire winner of 2018 March 21, 2019 - 17:18 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Forbes on March 21 unveiled the rating of Russian billionaires, who in 2018 earned more than $11 billion in asset sales and dividends. The list was headed by Russian-Armenian mogul Sergey Galitsky (Harutyunyan), who in February 2018 sold 29.1% of shares of Magnit to VTB Bank for $2.44 billion and left all posts in the company. Galitsky has thus made it to the rating for the first time ever. According to Forbes, the billionaire is 28th in the list of the richest people in Russia, with a fortune of $4 billion, Vedomosti reports. Mikhail Prokhorov comes in the second after earning $1.77 billion last year on the sale of 49% of the Brooklyn Nets basketball club and UC Rusal shares. Vladimir Lisin was ranked the third, he received NLMK dividends worth $1.59 billion. In 2018, NLMK dividends increased by 30% year-on-year.   Top stories Azerbaijani authorities report that they have already resettled 3,000 people in the Nagorno-Karabakh town of Stepanakert. On June 10, Azerbaijani President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev will leave for Turkey on a working visit. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive.   Partner news |  Latest news Viva sees growing demand for cloud services  In recent years, medical institutions are starting to make use of Viva’s cloud servicesArmenian, German presidents meet in Berlin Armenian and German Presidents Vahagn Khachaturyan and Frank-Walter Steinmeier met in Berlin.Armenia assumes presidency of Mediterranean Network of Regulatory Authorities The Commission on Television and Radio of Armenia said it expects productive cooperation in various formats.Balance of attached cards in the Idram&IDBank app From now on, users will be able to view the online balances of cards issued by ArCa system banks and attached to the app. |
