More billionaires but no decent hospital in Moscow.

The number of Russian billionaires has grown to over 100, with 10 unable to make it onto Forbes Russia magazine's rich list, the respected business daily Vedomosti said Friday.
With a combined wealth of a staggering $522 billion, the Forbes 'golden hundred' list for Russia is topped by Oleg Deripaska, the head of holding company Basic Element, at $28.6 billion, who has seen his capital grow by over $11.8 billion from last year.

In second place is steel tycoon Alexei Mordashov, owner of Russia's largest steelmaker Severstal, with $24.5 billion, more than double his recorded wealth in 2007, while Chelsea soccer club owner Roman Abramovich slipped to third with $24.3 billion.

The fall in the value of the dollar is believed to be one of the reasons for the sharp rise in Russian billionaires, whose numbers have jumped by 50 to 110 since 2007, with $1.1 billion needed to make it into the 100 list compared with the 2007 figure of $660 million.

I have made reasearch and there is no International Hospital, currently in Russia, even though in Moscow city. The avarage salary is growing rapidly and people are more concerned about their health, but can get a decent service. International Hospital might not work in Russia, since the number of tourist coming is very low, less than 50 thousand people per year. The weather condition is not so good, most of the time its snowy or rainy. Moreover the entertainment is not as amusing as in Thailand.

On the other hand Roman Abramovich pledged to build a state of art hospital with new high tech equipments and world respected doctors, but it would be only affordable to rich people. The reason for his decision to build a hospital is again Forbes.According to the Forbes global rich list published in March, Moscow has become the billionaire capital of the world with 74 billionaires overtaking New York. So he is targeting mainly those billionaries.

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