Is Georgia's shark-owning billionaire a pawn in Russia's game?Bidzina Ivanishvili, Georgia's richest man and founder of its ruling party, has a significant influence on the country's politics despite n...
22 Oct, 2024, 01.04 PM IST
Russian billionaire sues Sotheby's, claims art auction giant made him lose a fortuneShudofsky said the fertilizer magnate, a savvy businessman who has run highly successful businesses, had "good reason to be angry with hims...
09 Jan, 2024, 11.45 PM IST
Indian billionaire Ravi Ruia buys Russian-linked London mansion for Rs 1200 croreThe family office of Ruia, who co-owns investment firm Essar Group, purchased the Hanover Lodge mansion overlooking Regent’s Park at 150 Pa...
22 Jul, 2023, 02.41 PM IST
Putin's rumoured girlfriend hit with latest US sanctionsThe Treasury Department said Tuesday that the government has frozen the visa of Alina Kabaeva, an Olympic gymnast in her youth and former m...
03 Aug, 2022, 07.27 AM IST
Mystery deepens on the death of Russian oligarch, his wife and daughter, who were 'axed to death'Sergey Protosenya, a multi-millionaire Russian oligarch, was found dead in their Spanish mansion alongside his family. Russian oligarch's w...
22 Apr, 2022, 08.40 PM IST
Roman’s empire: How Russia's invasion of Ukraine is tarnishing the status that Abramovich and other oligarchs have spent so much to reachRoman Abramovich's fortune bought him goodwill, but also made him a target.
27 Mar, 2022, 09.55 AM IST
How a playground for the rich could undermine sanctions on Russian oligarchsSince the invasion, much of the world has imposed sweeping sanctions on Russian financial institutions and the circle around Putin, and eve...
10 Mar, 2022, 05.27 PM IST
Russian oligarchs' yachts seized in Europe, others harbouring in MaldivesThe yachts arrived in the tropical archipelago off the coast of Sri Lanka after the imposition of severe Western sanctions on Russia in res...
03 Mar, 2022, 07.00 PM IST
Russia’s ultra-rich count cost of $83 billion wealth wipeoutMarket declines have been so extreme that Russia’s central bank halted local trading on Monday, meaning some of the losses are understated....
01 Mar, 2022, 11.56 AM IST
Western allies to expel key Russian banks from SWIFT payment system; Ukraine fights onThe actions are aimed at preventing Putin from using $630 billion in central bank foreign currency reserves in the invasion of Ukraine and ...
27 Feb, 2022, 03.48 PM IST
US sanctions on Russian oligarchs miss richest of richThe raft of sanctions on oligarchs announced by President Joe Biden this week in response to the invasion of Ukraine may do little to dim t...
26 Feb, 2022, 02.05 PM IST
From Alexander Litvinenko to Nikolay Gluskov, when death stalked Russians in BritainLast year, ex-double agent Sergei Skripal survived after being poisoned, but Aeroflot boss Nikolay Gluskov wasn’t as lucky.
16 Dec, 2019, 10.45 AM IST
After losing $1 bn, this Russian exile is now selling Bond’s favourite bubbly to Beckham, WahlbergEvgeny Chichvarkin has now turned Mayfair's gastronomic king.
11 Jun, 2019, 11.47 AM IST
IPL, Met Gala, French Open: Spot your favourite billionaires here in 2019Events where some of the richest people will make an appearance over the coming months.
09 Jan, 2019, 08.13 AM IST
From Eric Schmidt to Lakshmi Mittal, here are the summer escapes of the rich and famousThese dreamy vacation destinations are giving us major wanderlust.
28 Apr, 2017, 02.59 PM IST
Why the controversial Russian-Israeli entrepreneur Michael Mirilashvili is training his sights on IndiaWater-Gen, an Israeli startup that has developed a revolutionary technology to make water from air, capturing humidity.
27 Nov, 2016, 12.21 PM IST
- UK's most expensive home once owned by George II's son 'sold'
A Russian oligarch has purchased Britain's most expensive home - which was once owned by King George II's son - for an estimated price 140 ...
14 Aug, 2011, 02.16 PM IST