Abramovich and Usmanov remain on the list of richest Britons.

Russian citizen Roman Abramovich has retained second place in the list of the richest in the UK, which annually amounts to the newspaper The Sunday Times. The condition rating of the drafters of the Roman Abramovich, published April 25, the newspaper The Telegraph, evaluated at 7 billion pounds, which is 4.7 billion lower than a year earlier.

The list of the richest people of Great Britain re-entered and one Russian - a co-owner of London soccer club Arsenal businessman Alisher Usmanov. The rating of 2009, he took 18 th place with a state of 1.5 billion pounds sterling. In 2008, The Sunday Times assess Usmanova to 5.7 billion pounds, which allowed him to take the fifth line.

First place in the ranking of the richest in the UK has kept steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal. Compared to the Year 2008, his condition declined by 16.9 billion pounds sterling. But the rest of the Mittals 10.8 billion pounds will still allow him to lead the list of richest people.

Closes the three leading rating of the richest residents of the Duke of Westminster in Great Britain 6.5 billion pounds sterling. Since 2008, the Duke of Westminster - Britain's largest landowner - has become poorer than at 500 million pounds.
The compilers of the rating indicate that the total 1000 state of the richest Britons in 2009, valued at 258.27 billion pounds, which is 37 percent lower than a year earlier. The number of billionaires living in Britain over the past year fell from 75 to 43 people. The minimum condition necessary to get a thousand of the richest in 2009 totaled 55 million pounds. A year earlier, the bottom line in the rating of the rich were the British, who were at least 80 million pounds.

Rate The Sunday Times Rich List is divided into several categories, including the richest Britons, Scots, women, young millionaires, and representatives of show business. The list of rich musicians was launched on 24 April. He led the Kalder Clive (Clive Calder) - creator of the label Zomba Records. In second place, composer Andrew Lloyd Webber, while the third place Paul McCartney.