The man used to have a room packed with bags of money from the floor to the ceiling 
When Sterligov opened his exchange in the early 1990s he also had a dog of this breed bearing the same name, Alisa. The dog appeared in commercials on TV that widely advertised Sterligov's exchange. The innovation made the man incredibly rich at his young age of 23. Enterprises immediately lined up to Russia's first and only exchange. Sterligov was once invited to Boris Yeltsin's birthday. He came to the party together with other elite guests. The party ended with a scandal for Sterligov as he insulted one of the guests whom he believed to be a homosexual.

Any woman would love to feel the soft touch of a fur coat wrapping around her shoulders
Lately a Russian tycoon has gone through a bit of embarrassment. He had always been a great fan of Mariah Carey. She has a strong voice and a stunning body though the latter is rumored to be a product of plastic surgery. In fact, oligarchs do not give a damn about the miracles of plastic surgery since they have to deal with silicone girls anyway

The deal was the highest amount paid for a Scottish estate this year
Vladimir Lisin, 49, a steel tycoon, who owns Russia's largest steel maker Novolipetsk, has bought a historic Scottish estate for 6.8 million pounds. The 3,300-acre 17th century Aberuchill Castle Estate is located near Comrie in Perthshire. The oligarch has an estimated fortune of $8.7 billion. The sum of $700 million would be a rather modest amount of money to Mr. Lisin. Scottish people living near the estate have been quite impressed by the first visits of the Russian billionaire into his new estate

Roman Abramovich is the most unusual character among your moneybags
He is so quiet, he does nothing that can be published by a tabloid. He does not throw a huge party for a thousand guests in some trendy restaurant, he does not spend a fortune on jewelry. All and all, he's a bore. Sometimes he can be seen in a box at Stamford Bridge stadium watching his FC Chelsey win another game. Russia's richest man publicly behaves like a model law-abiding citizen. By no means he wants to stand out though the press reports now and then on Mr. Abromovich's shopping activities e.g. the purchase of a luxurious yacht, a posh apartment or something similar that can defy imagination

Giving himself credit for the development of Yukos, Mr. Khodorkovsky does not mention anything about his criminal past
The status of a prisoner does not stop the former CEO of the Russian oil giant Yukos, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, from conducting activities with mass media. When communicating with Russian reporters, Mr. Khodorkovsky tries to display decorum and cultivate the image of a dissident to conceal criminal aspects of his biography.

The wife of an influential Russian banker, Olga Rodionova, 31, shocked the Moscow elite when she posed nude for several men's magazines
Olga Rodionova, the owner of a fashionable boutique and a mother of a ten-year-old girl, says there is no problem if a woman wants to show her wonderful body. “I think there is nothing bad about erotic scenes in my film. I have always dreamt of being an actress and I think a nude body is an art. I have no time to dispute with those who criticize my photos; these people are just narrow-minded. I feel sorry for them because they see no difference between pornography and erotica

With reference to the verdict of Mr. Khodorkovsky by the Russian court, I like to state that in my eyes justice has been done.
My family, - a wife and two children – has been the victim of this system of barbarian capitalism of the ninties in Russia: all our savings have been embezzled by another so called oligarch, Mr. Boris Brezovsky as owner of Aeroflotbank.

The purchase of MG Rover could probably have a bigger response in Western  business world in comparison with Roman Abramovich's acquisition of Chelsea
The British automobile company MG Rover, which is currently experiencing a financial collapse, might become the property of a Russian businessman in the near future. It is not ruled out that MG Rover's new owner will be the company Ruspromavto, owned by oligarch Oleg Deripaska. Nikolai Smolenski, 23, the son of a well-known Russian banker, acquired the British sports car maker TVR in July of 2004. The factory reportedly cost the enterprising young man $50 million.

Mikhail Khodorkovsky and other shareholders of Yukos cannot be found on the list
Russian Finance Magazine has recently published its second rating of Russian richest men. Such lists are ironically referred to as “police instructions” in Russia. Indeed, a lot of outstanding Russian businessmen do not like their own participation on the list – the Russian business does not like to be exposed to the public eye

Russian oligarchs prefer to follow Roman Abramovich's example
Twenty-three-year-old Russian oligarch Nikolai Smolensky is the new owner of the British sports car company TVR. Nikolai Smolensky is the son of the Russian banker Alexander Smolensky. The Blackpool-based company is one of the few private-owned car companies left in Great Britain. The company employs 400 people. According to media reports, the new owner promised the company would continue developing