How Russian oligarchs spend money

The amount that can seem overwhelming to the average person, the oligarch spends on running costs. Here your attention, I made a selection of the most expensive purchases of Russian oligarchs.
A collection of Faberge eggs for more than $ 120 million.
One of the richest Russians Viktor Vekselberg owns a unique collection of Faberge Easter eggs. The basis of this collection consists of 200 items, which cost more than $ 120 million. All in all, a collection has of about 700 items.

The yacht for $ 800 million.
In 2005, Abramovich signed a contract to build a 164 meter yacht. The price of this contract was 340 million euro. However, the actual costs for the construction were up to $ 800 million. The yacht was named «Eclipse», its maintenance costs about $ 50 million annually.

Airbus A340 aircraft for $ 350 million.
The most common models of this aircraft cost approximately $ 240 million. However, Alisher Usmanov, has decided to improve the aircraft and spent nearly half of the cost of one more aircraft.

Circuit "Nürburgring" for $100 million.
This track is the oldest racing track in Germany, about a year ago it was acquired by Russian businessman Viktor Kharitonov.

House for $205,5 million.
Russian businessman Andrei Goncharenko bought one of the most expensive (at the time of purchase) houses in the UK - Hanover Lodge, located in the prestigious London district of Regent Park.

The basketball team "New Jersey Nets" for $ 200 million.
Several years ago, businessman Mikhail Prokhorov agreed to buy a basketball team "New Jersey Nets".

The yacht for $ 300 million
The yacht with a laconic name "A" was built by the same company as "the Eclipse" of Abramovich. It belongs to Andrey Melnichenko. The main highlights of the yacht are: helipad,
ship amphibious, car garage and three swimming pools. The service of the boat costs $ 20 million per year.

Football club "Chelsea" for $ 90 million.
The club cost for the Russian oligarch wasn't so high, but buying new players, contracts with
costly coaches resulted in great cost. Thus, for more than 10 years, Roman Abramovich has spent more than $ 1.5 billion for the ownership.

A house for $950 million.
In 2008, Russian businessman Dmitry Rybolovlev bought the mansion in Palm Beach, Florida.
The total area of the mansion is 5.5 thousand sq. meters. There are 15 bedrooms, 15 bathrooms and 8 bathrooms with gold fixtures.

Sailing ship for $ 400 million.
Melnichenko owns one of the most luxurious yachts in the world and decided to buy a sailboat. It is known that a vessel of three carboxylic masts has a length of 143 meters and a width of 25 meters. The exact price isn't known, but according to experts it could cost about $ 400 million.

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