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According to our calculations, the top decile of wealth holders owns 85% of all household wealth in Russia. This is significantly higher than any other major economic power: the corresponding figure is 75% for the USA, for example, and 64% for China. The very high level of wealth inequality in Russia is reflected in the fact that it has 158,000 millionaires and 200,000 individuals in the global top 1% of wealth holders. It is also well endowed with billionaires, of whom there are an estimated 111 who together own 19% of all household wealth.

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. Between 2000 and 2007, wealth per adult rose eight-fold. Since 2007, however, growth has been slow and uneven – up 15% to date in ruble terms, but down 17% when measured in current USD, due to ruble depreciation which saw the USD-RUB rate rise from 25 in 2007 to 34 in mid-2014.

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Since then the EU has made some big changes. It pushed through a controversial but effective liberalisation of the gas market, known as the Third Energy Package: Russia cannot now both own and control pipelines on EU territory. The EU has has also made the supply system a lot more resilient, putting taxpayers’ money into new interconnectors between countries dependent on Russian gas imports. This rewrites the rules. If supplies from the east are interrupted, the countries affected can import gas from elsewhere. As of December, Lithuania, once 100% dependent on Russian gas, is importing liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Norway. Ukraine’s gas imports from the west are rocketing. The EU has also brokered a deal on debts and prices between Ukraine and Russia, which should keep the gas flowing at least for the first quarter of 2015. Moreover, a mild winter means Europe’s gas consumption is low and storage is high for the time of year. Even if Russia did try to interrupt supplies, the effect would be modest.
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The EU is likely to put pressure on Croatia to open an import pipeline and LNG terminal on the Adriatic coast. And the EU has yet to fire its biggest weapon against Russia: a colossal “complaint” based on a multi-year investigation into discriminatory pricing and other market abuse dating back to 2004. That could lead to legally mandated changes in Gazprom’s business model and whopping fines. The investigation was masterminded by the previous competition commissioner, Joaquín Almunia, but postponed last year for political reasons (amid war in Ukraine, the EU feared worsening ties with Russia). Now the fate of the Abominable Gasman lies with Mr Almunia’s successor, Margrethe Vestager.

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As I noted last week, it looks for all the world that the CBR is trying to fool the suckers and hide the black lady with a lot of sleight of hand. Rather than spend reserves officially to prop up the ruble, the CBR is lending dollars to the big banks (VTB and Sberbank) which is lending them to Russian exporters, and the government is ordering the corporates to sell dollars and buy rubles, thereby supporting the currency. See! Reserves stay the same! The country’s finances are healthy!

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Banking crisis in Russia will be massive — Sberbank CEO

The banking crisis in Russia in the current economic situation will be massive, CEO of Russia's largest lender Sberbank German Gref said on Wednesday.

“Of course, it’s obvious that the banking crisis will be most massive,” he said on the sidelines of the annual Gaidar Forum.

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According to the American volcanologist Hank Hessler, Yellowstone eruption is inevitable and may begin within the next two weeks.

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Zvezda is a Russian nationwide TV network run by the Russian Ministry of Defense.

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