Vladimir Lisin, the owner of the Russian...

Mikhail Prokhorov, the president of Onexim Group who topped last year"s rankings, was second in the 2010 list with an estimated wealth of $17.85 billion.

Roman Abramovich, the former governor of Chukotka and the owner of Chelsea Football Club, came in third with $17 billion. His fortune will enable him to keep the club afloat for another 100 years.

Suleiman Kerimov, who owns the investment group Nafta Moskva, was fourth with $14.5 billion, followed by TNK-BP interim CEO Mikhail Fridman ($14.3 billion), RusAL CEO and owner Oleg Deripaska ($13.8 billion) and mining magnate Alisher Usmanov ($12.4 billion).

LUKoil CEO Vagit Alekperov ($10.65), as well as Severstal CEO Alexei Mordashov ($10 billion) and Interros holding chairman Vladimir Potanin ($9.95 billion) have also made it into the top ten.

Despite the economic recession, Russia"s top ten billionaires have almost doubled their aggregate wealth in 12 months to $139.3 billion. The global economic crisis

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