...Russian banking site publishes report saying 48/200 Russian billionaires are Jews, prompting Putins aide to call it a Nazi report Close to one quarter of the 200 richest people in Russia are Jewish, according to a report by Russian banking website lanta.ru, which gives the 48 Jews on the list a combined net worth of $132.9 billion. The report also analyzed the nationality of each of the 200 billionaires, finding that just 89 - less than half - were ethnic Russians, even though they make up 81% percent of the population in Russia. Alex Tenzer, a prominent activist in the Russian Jewish community, warned that the publication of the list was dangerous, and could fan the flames of xenophobia. He highlighted the fact that Russia has recently seen its first downturn in the quality of living in five years, as a result of the economic sanctions imposed over the crisis in Ukraine...
Posted on: Wed, 05 Nov 2014 15:20:24 +0000
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