Russia's richest people - Financial Mirror

A former judo sparring partner of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and his younger brother made new advances in Russia's list of richest people compiled by the respected national magazine Finans.

The top of the list saw very few changes in 2011 with steel tycoon Vladimir Lisin, an owner of Novolipetsk Steel, firmly in first place with a wealth pot which increased from $18.8 billion at the start of 2010 to $28.3 billion now.

Below is the list of Russia's ten richest people as well as top movers among 500 people on the list:

Vladimir Lisin NLMK

1 0 $28.3 Vladimir Lisin NLMK

2 0 $22.7 Mikhail Prokhorov Onexim

3 +4 $19.9 Alisher Usmanov Metalloinvest

4 +2 $19.0 Oleg Deripaska UC RUSAL

5 -2 $17.1 Roman Abramovich Millhouse LLC

6 +3 $17.1 Alexei Mordashov Severstal

7 -3 $16.9 Suleiman Kerimov Nafta Moskva

8 -3 $16.0 Mikhail Fridman Alfa Group

9 +1 $14.3 Vladimir Potanin Interros

10 -2 $10.9 Vagin Alekperov LUKOIL