Inheritance Is Newest Way to Become a Russian Billionaire

  • Anton and Ekaterina Fedun have fortunes of about $1 billion
  • Russia’s wealthiest businessmen are giving stakes to heirs
Photographer: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg
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It’s not easy to become a billionaire in Russia these days, especially compared with the wild period of the 1990s when a few dozen men took control of vast parts of the economy.

But at least one new path is emerging for young Russians, and it’s open to both men and women: Inheritance.