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Russian Cement Billionaire Filaret Galchev Has Greek Citizenship
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Eurocement Holding AG, Russia’s largest cement producer and owner of a 10.1 percent stake in Holcim AG, said billionaire chairman and main shareholder Filaret Galchev holds dual Greek-Russian citizenship.
Galchev, 48, ranked 31st richest among Russian billionaires by Forbes magazine with a fortune of $3.5 billion, is known as Filaretos Kaltsidis in Greece, Eurocement said in a statement.