MOSCOW – A report by a major investment bank says 35 per cent of household wealth in Russia is owned by just 110 people, the highest level of inequality in the world barring small Caribbean nations.
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Credit Suisse said in a report published Wednesday that worldwide, billionaires account for just 1-2 per cent of total wealth. The investment bank said that Russia has one billionaire for every $11 billion in wealth while in the rest of the world there is only one for $170 billion.
The fall of Communism saw Russia’s most prized assets sold off to a small circle of businessmen later known as oligarchs. President Vladimir Putin allowed them to keep their wealth in exchange for their political loyalty.
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