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| Subject: 'Very scared': Russian billionaires watch their fortunes fall Mon Mar 17, 2014 11:56 pm | |
| Alexander Lebedev is concerned.
"Russian businessmen are very scared," the 54-year-old former billionaire, who served in the Soviet embassy in London during the Cold War and owns Russia's National Reserve Corp., said by phone. "There are risks to the Russian economy. There could be margin calls, reserves might be drawn down, exchange rates may fall and prices will rise. This worries me."
Billionaires in Russia and Ukraine risk further losses as market volatility and the threat of Iran-style economic sanctions intensify following Russia's incursion into Crimea. Since February 28, the day unidentified soldiers took control of Simferopol Airport in southern Ukraine, Russia's 19 richest people have lost $US18.3 billion ($20.3 billion), according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, a daily ranking of the world's 300 richest wealthiest people.
"The instability caused by the situation in Crimea could be a problem for the oligarchs," Yulia Bushueva, who helps manage $US500 million at Arbat Capital in Moscow, said in a telephone interview. "If a billionaire pledged their stakes in publicly traded companies as collateral for a line of credit, they could face margin calls and have to re-negotiate with banks."
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/business/world-business/very-scared-russian-billionaires-watch-their-fortunes-fall-20140317-34w9z.html#ixzz2wHcTbVg0 _________________ Anarcho Capitalists Retail , OZschwitz Downunder BoutiqueAnarcho-Capitalists,AnCaps Forum,Anti-State,Anti-Statist,Inalienable Rights Defenders,Non-Aggression Principle,Non-Initiation of Force Principle,Rothbardians,Anarchist,Capitalist,objectivism,Ayn Rand,Anarcho-Capitalism,Anarcho-Capitalist,politics,libertarianism,Ancap Forum,Anarchist Forum,Vulgar Libertarians,Hippies of The Right,Forum for Anarcho-Capitalist,Forum for Anarcho-Capitalists,Forum for AnCap,Forum for AnCaps,Libertarian,Anarcho-Objectivist,Freedom, Laissez Faire, Free Trade, Black Market, Randroid, Randroids, Rothbardian, AynArchist, Anarcho-Capitalist Forum, Anarchism, Anarchy, Free Market Anarchism, Free Market Anarchy, Market Anarchy
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