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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6265068.stm
Last year, the number of so-called "high net worth individuals" - people whose spending power exceeds $1m (£500,000) - in Russia rose 15.5% - compared with an 8% swelling in their number globally, according to the Merrill Lynch and CapGemini World Wealth Report.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/st...
Two pigeons seen in front of a giant pre-election poster depicting Russian President Vladimir Putin and First Deputy Prime Minister and presidential hopeful Dmitry Medvedev in St. Petersburg, Russia, Saturday, March 1, 2008. (Dmitry Lovetsky - AP)
http://www.economist.com/displayStory.cfm?story...
THREE years into his presidency, Vladimir Putin walked across Red Square to join the crowd for Paul McCartney's performance of “Back in the USSR”. The man expected to be his successor this weekend, Dmitry Medvedev, prefers Deep Purple. Three weeks ago the heavy-metal group was summoned to the Kremlin as a farewell present for Mr Medvedev from Gazprom, which he has chaired since 2000.
