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Meanwhile in London


Thursday, June 12, 2008

Newly-rich Russians are taking the city by storm and “throwing Britain’s elite into a royal tizzy.” 10% of London’s 200,000 plus Russians are considered “super-wealthy,” which means champagne chariots by the dozen, million-dollar Maybachs and appearances throughout English society’s summer season. [Salon]


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