The owner of Metalloinvest Holding Alisher Usmanov was declared Russia’s richest man in 2012 in Forbes magazine’s Top 200 list. His fortune was estimated at $18.1bn. The proprietor of NLMK Vladimir Lisin, who topped the rating for the last two years, came second this time with his $15.9bn. He was followed by Severstal’s Alexei Mordashov, who is worth $15.3bn, Interfax reports. The other people in the Top 10 list are Vladimir Potanin (Norilsk Nickel, $14.bn), Vagit Alekperov (LUKoil, $13.5bn), Mikhail Fridman (Alfa-Group, $13.4bn), Mikhail Prokhorov (Onexim, $13.2bn), Viktor Vekselberg

First Freight Company’s Irkutsk subsidiary increased its claim against Uralvagonzavod Scientific & Production Corporation to 4.6m RUR. The claim has to do with a train crash. The sum initially came to 3.79m RUR, which was the compensation for the damage done to the plaintiff (deterioration of railway carriages caused by the crash). Uralvagonzavod disagrees with the claim, while third parties to the case such as the Russian Railways, Second Freight Company, ZHASO Insurance Company, and SOGAZ supported the plaintiff’s claim. Sverdlovsk Region Arbitration Court’s hearing of the case is

Head of Yekaterinburg Administration Alexander Yakob met the Minister and Counselor to the Australian Embassy in Russia Dan Tibbatt. Alexander Yakov told his guest about Yekaterinburg’s socioeconomic development and about the large-scale events that the city is expected to host in the next few years. The counselor explained he was aware of the city’s plans to host the World Cup 2018 and the international exhibition EXPO 2020; he spoke about a number of Australian companies that have a lot of experience in organizing grand sports and cultural events. Yakob and Tibbatt also announced they

Governor of Sverdlovsk Region Alexander Misharin is going to take part in the Golden Bridge 2012 award ceremony meant for organizations and people such as politicians, cultural experts, and entrepreneurs who make a special contribution to the improvement of Russo-Italian relations. The Governor is expected to receive the Golden Bridge figurine from the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Italy to Russia Antonio Zanardi Landi at the Italian Embassy in Russia. The decision to give the award to Misharin was taken personally by Italy’s President Giorgio Napolitano. The Governor was

Governor Alexander Misharin presented Sverdlovsk Region’s key economic development projects with a great Russian-U.S. cooperation potential at the meeting organized to demonstrate the region’s economic and investment opportunities to member companies of the American Chamber of Commerce in Russia. The event took place at the Swissotel Krasnye Holmy Hotel in Moscow on April 18, 2012. The U.S. has for a long time been Sverdlovsk Region’s foreign economic partner. The two parties’ annual trade turnover comes to $1.6bn. President of the American Chamber of Commerce in Russia Andrew Somers said he