From the ruins of Russia’s Communism some of the winners of Russia’s new capitalism came westwards. Having made their money in the chaotic, and sometimes dangerous, business climate that followed the fall of the Soviet Union, Russia’s new rich started to look beyond their country’s borders for places to spend – and securely save – their new wealth.
OP-ED
James Rodgers: The fall of Londongrad? Times change for Russia’s super-rich
A superyacht, Motor Yacht A, owned by Russian billionaire Andrey Melnichenko is moored against HMS Belfast on the river Thames in London Sept. 7, 2016.
