The wealthiest Swiss are from the CIS
The Swiss Bilan magazine has compiled a list of Switzerland's 300 wealthiest people, including eight citizens of CIS countries who don't have citizenship of Switzerland, but live in the country.
Famous pop singer Alsu's father, the daughters of the President of Uzbekistan and others are also on the list, but the wealthiest is President of the Board of Directors of the Ukrainian "Ренова" (Renova) Company Victor Vexelberg (12 billion dollars).
He is followed by Vladimir Putin's closest friend, Head of Gunvor Petrol Concern Genadi Timchenko (5.5 billion dollars).
One of the daughters of President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev, Dinara Kulibayeva, has almost the same amount. The list ends with Alsu's father, Ralif Safan, whose assets form a total of 325 million dollars.
Bilan magazine mentions that there are 140 billionaires in Switzerland, and the wealthiest of them is considered owner of IKEA store chain Ingvar Kamprat (39 billion dollars).
Ex-President of Armenia Robert Kocharyan, whose assets have been evaluated at 8 billion dollars by secret Russian services, has not been included in the list solely because he doesn't live in Switzerland.
