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The influential American magazine Forbes has made a rating of fifteen richest people of the East Europe. The seven billionaires included in this list, are Ukrainians.

Twelve of fifteen richest people of the East Europe represent, to Forbes’ experts surprise, such economically unstable countries, as Poland and Ukraine. Young millionaires have managed to spread their influence on industrial, media and financial sectors of economy, having taken advantage of new technologies and privatization.

The richest person in a region appeared Petr Kellner from Czechia, the owner of $6 billions, who gathered wealth during privatization of the nationalized enterprises in 1992.

The second place of a rating took - Rinat Akhmetov, the owner of companies group System Capital Management, citizen of Ukraine whose fortune is estimated in $4 billions. His success Forbes connects with protection of the Prime minister of Ukraine Victor Janukovich.

The third East-European billionaire is Victor Pinchuk, son-in-law of the former Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma, president of investment-scientific group Interpipe and Maecenas. His fortune Forbes estimates in $2,8 billions.

The richest person of Poland is Michal Solowow, whose actives make $2,3 billions, he has taken the fourth position of a rating.

The fifth place also has got the Pole - Leszek Czarnecki, the owner of two-milliards and the owner of the financial conglomerate, which unites bank, insurance and leasing actives.

Ukrainians Vitaliy Hayduk and Serhiy Taruta, whose funds are estimated in $2 billions, have taken the sixth and seventh lines of a rating.

Polish manufacturer Roman Karkosik became the eighth, and his countryman Sigmund Solorz-Zak - the ninth: their funds make $1,8 and $1,5 billion respectively.

The other wealthy are Henadiy Boholyubov, Ihor Kolomoyskyy, Jan Wejchert,

None of these East-European billionaires entered the first hundred of the world’s richest people, however all of them enter one thousand.