Abramovich's personal plane. The most expensive "toys" by Roman Abramovich

Nowadays, private jets are at the peak of popularity - almost all successful businessmen prefer their own aircraft to traditional passenger liners. By the way, fabulous money is spent on this notorious private aviation - sometimes the catalog value requested for a vehicle increases several times due to modifications and various improvements.

Russian businessmen keep up with foreign countries, where many have already acquired private liners. Roman Abramovich, one of the wealthiest people of our time, also acquired several planes. The most striking is the famous "Bandit". The billionaire has a Boeing 767-300AER in his arsenal, but this is not his first acquisition. The personal aviation of the Russian entrepreneur began with the Boeing Business Jet, which is essentially an improved version of the Boeing 737-700 model (of course, improvements were made at the VIP level).

When Roman Abramovich took over as governor of the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, a problem arose for him. transport accessibility - it was not always possible to easily enter the territory of this Russian region. It was definitely not possible to carry out non-stop flights - the option of a regular flight to Anadyr from Moscow on a Tu-154M was offered, but the plane could not fly long distances without refueling (the stop was made in Igarka). This is too long. Therefore, the purchase of a personal vehicle specifically for traveling in the sky has become a necessity for the billionaire.

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The businessman's favorite - Boeing 767-33A / ER

The multifunctional handsome Boeing 767-33A / ER (with tail number P4-MES) recently appeared in the hands of a Russian businessman. Roman Abramovich received it after ordering the liner by Hawaiian Airlines, which was canceled in 2004. At the same time, the plane practically satisfied all of Abramovich's needs - all that was required was re-equipment and paperwork (including registration in Aruba). Now the liner can at any time set off on a given path for the billionaire, its base remains the Stansted Airport (UK).

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Private jets are not cheap at all. Therefore, it is not surprising that according to catalog data 767-300AER costs at least $ 180,000,000. The modifications carried out can increase the cost of the aircraft up to $ 300 million.

About Abramovich's aircraft design

The Boeing 767-300AER is an easily recognizable aircraft among hundreds of others. Why? It stands out especially vividly due to its memorable color: white-gray-brown lines twine around the body. But that's not all. You will always recognize this aircraft because of the oblique black stripes that are placed next to the windows facing the cockpit from the side. Many people associate this remarkable design figure with a mask, so the plane of Roman Abramovich, a well-known and wealthy businessman of the Russian Federation, is called the “Bandit”.

This aircraft, owned by the Washington-based Challenger Administration LLC, is registered in the name of Microsoft founder Bill Gates. It is designed to comfortably transport 8 people a distance equal to a flight from Los Angeles to Moscow or from New York to Tokyo. The side number of this aircraft (N887WM) contains the first letters of the names of Gates' parents "William" and "Maria".

Elvis Presley's Convair 880 was purchased in 1975 for what was then substantial money, $ 250,000. It was immediately re-equipped - instead of 110 passengers, it could now accommodate only 28, but a large conference table, huge leather chairs and a bar were installed. After modernization, it cost $ 600,000. Presley named this aircraft "Lisa Marie" - after his daughter.

Mark Cuban, founder of broadcast.com, acquired a Boeing 767-277 for the Dallas Mavericks basketball team, which he owns. This aircraft is equipped with specially designed seating to provide maximum comfort for tall players.

Roman Abramovich made his fortune mainly during the privatization of the Russian oil industry. But abroad he is best known as the owner of the Chelsea Football Club. His personal Boeing 767, serviced at London's Luton Airport, 51 kilometers from London, is painted rather inconspicuously in contrast to the interior. The inside of the plane is trimmed with natural gold and mahogany.

Despite the fact that the Boeing 767 is a fairly large aircraft, Abramovich became the owner of the newest giant, the Aerobus A-380. Abramovich was one of the first to order this aircraft at the Le Bourget air show. The plane will be delivered to its owner only in 2011, then after refitting its cost will be $ 400 million. For Abramovich, he will be equipped with several living rooms, a meeting room and luxurious apartments. It is the largest passenger airliner, which originally could carry 380 passengers.

Donald Trump's Boeing 727-23 was originally owned by American Airlines, but was later acquired by D.J. Aerospace ", one of the companies of the American billionaire. Light leather armchairs, gold-plated seat belt buckles, an art gallery, special soft lighting and personal attendants are all geared towards making Donald Trump and his guests more comfortable traveling. The Trump badge on board is over a meter high, 9 meters wide and made of 23 carat gold leaf.

This Boeing 747-430 belongs to the ruler of Brunei, Haji Hassanal Bolkiah, one of the richest men in the world, who is also known as the owner of one of the most stunning collections of cars and art. This plane is the most expensive private jet - its interior is trimmed with pure gold, natural expensive leather and real crystal. The cost of this aircraft is over $ 120 million. The ruler of Brunei also owns 2 Aerobus A-340s and a new Boeing-767.

Actor John Travolta is a licensed pilot for Qantas, which allows him to fly passenger airliners such as the Boeing 707. By the age of 54, Travolta has flown more than 5 thousand hours, owns 5 aircraft, including: a Boeing-707, two LearJet 24Bs, a Gulfstream 2 and a Canadair CT-114, which usually trains military pilots. the rules of fighting and aerobatics. His residence in Gemboleira, Florida, has a 2 km runway and a taxiway leading directly to the house.

Roman Abramovich is the most talked about and the most popular Russian oligarch among the common people, and not because he is a particularly generous patron of the arts or eager to get into politics. It's just that the tabloid press most often writes about Abramovich, and it is his life and achievements that are most interesting to follow, since Roman Arkadyevich himself is happy to share the details of his life and being with journalists. Abramovich's fabulous wealth has long been a byword, and there are already several dozen anecdotes about him. On the eve of the 47th birthday of the Russian Croesus, which he celebrates on October 24, we will look at his most expensive "toys"

Personal football club

Long before Roman Abramovich became the full owner of British Chelsea FC, this news was circulated in the press. The public wondered: why would a Russian oligarch buy a bourgeois football team, what is Abramovich going to do with this acquisition? Many believed the news of the Chelsea purchase was a duck until Abramovich officially bought the club's shares for £ 140 million in 2003 and began to actively invest in it. Analysts say that maintaining a team of this level is not at all profitable, but Abramovich did not buy it to earn money - this is his own pocket club, an expensive hobby that only a few can afford in this world

Yacht Eclipse

At the time of her launch (2009), this snow-white beauty was considered the largest private vessel in the world, but now she is in second place in the ranking. The luxurious luxury cabins can accommodate up to 36 passengers. Abramovich often throws business receptions and parties for his friends at Eclipse

Airplane "Bandit"

Personal Boeing 767-33A / ER Abramovich dubbed the Bandit because of the presence of a black stripe under the cockpits, evoking a bandit armband. The oligarch bought it in 2004 for personal needs. According to Izvestia, the interior decoration of the salons cost Abramovich $ 10 million, and mahogany and natural gilding were used as finishing materials.

Premium car fleet

Abramovich treats cars like a secular lady treats fur coats - he does not change them like gloves, but if he replenishes his car fleet with new cars, then this will be the most expensive, most status car. So, in the garage of Roman Arkadievich there is a playful horse Ferrari fxx limited edition, all over the world there are only three dozen such machines

Black armored limousine Maybach 62, and not one, but two - the second is useful in case the first runs out of gasoline. The cost of one such vehicle is $ 1.3 million

Also in the automobile collection of Abramovich there are several "simpler" horses:

Luxury kupeshka Porsche Carrera GT

Recently recognized as one of the most unprofitable cars in the world Bugatti Veyron

Another representative of the racing family - Ferrari 360

An Italian sports car of stunning design - Maserati MC12 Corsa

Also in Abramovich's huge garage you can find all sorts of Rolls-Royces, Mercedes, Lexus - the oligarch does not even consider such a trifle

Castle and other real estate

No one especially royal blood would surely not refuse to live in the Chateau de la Croe, located on the Cote d'Azur. Previously, this villa belonged to the Windsor dynasty - the ruling royal dynasty in Great Britain. Journalists estimate that the purchase and arrangement of the castle cost Abramovich approximately $ 40 million

When Abramovich gets tired of Riviera, he goes skiing in America. There, in the prestigious resort of Aspen, where all the cream of the western show business rests, he bought a cozy house overlooking the mountains

Well, when from time to time Abramovich calls into the capital of our Motherland, he stops at his residence near Moscow. It can be assumed that he met there on December 21 last year: after all, according to rumors, the oligarch's villa near Moscow is equipped with a personal bunker in case of a nuclear war or some kind of cataclysm

Comments (7)

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Why didn't he buy the mainland for himself ... private.
And from residents to take tax for use.

Lana Reply

You might think. he alone lives like that, from the powerful

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  Even the crisis did not force big entrepreneurs to abandon personal aircraft ... Although they are expensive to maintain, flying businessmen value their comfort more than money.

  Boeing 767-300 Roman Abramovich
  

  
  
  
  

  Roman Abramovich (center) and Eduard Rossel (right)

  
  The billionaire will prefer to talk about the details of doing business, he may not hide the brand of his expensive car. But he will probably keep silent about his private jet. There is no need for hype in this matter. The movement of oligarchs by their own air transport is their own business. Legally, such flights are equivalent to a charter. Several times entrepreneurs stuttered in front of government officials that it would be nice for them, people so important for the country's economy, to replace the licensing procedure for using airspace notification. But so far there is no result. So in the new rules, which will come into force on November 1, only private aviation, flying no higher than 300 meters, will be allowed to use the notification procedure an hour before departure. Maybe later they will remember about billionaires. Their planes are designed for high altitudes and serious speeds.

  Taboo topic

  
  The Russian private aircraft fleet, in principle, is not large. Even fewer aircraft are from business aviation. Any car can become a business jet - it would have been money. But usually it is understood as a small VIP-class jet aircraft, most often of foreign production with a limited number of seats, no more than 19. According to the experts of the Business Aviation Club, one of the largest domestic sellers of "business" and administrative jets, the real owners of business jets in Russia are just over 450. So are wealthy people, according to rating of billionaires "F." , not much more. “Feel free to take the top half of the list - these persons probably own planes,” said one of the magazine's interlocutors. - But this is an absolutely taboo topic for discussion. Nobody knows more or less reliable data about the owners of the aircraft. "

  A personal plane is like a beacon. Not everyone can afford it. And, as you know, big money does not like close attention. It is no coincidence that almost all aircraft are not directly owned by those in whose interests they "work", but are registered with commercial structures. Wealthy Russians prefer to remain in the shadows and are in no hurry to take up the initiative of the authorities, which allowed registration to an individual, which was not allowed a few years ago.

  Certain politicians and artists are also owners of air transport. It is believed that Philip Kirkorov there is an American Cessna Citation III. "United Russia", member of the State Duma Committee on Labor and Social Policy Grigory Anikeev honestly pointed out in his tax return owning a Falcon 2000 Ex Easy aircraft ... The Governor of the Kaliningrad Region Georgy Boos also did not hide the fact that in 2009 he purchased a small jet with 9 seats. And recently, the presidential squadron has acquired foreign aircraft from the Falcon administrative category at a price of $ 50 million apiece. The French heavy jets class aircraft is five times more economical in terms of direct costs for the flight of the IL-96-300 heavy liner. For example, the flight of the president or prime minister from Moscow home - to St. Petersburg - will cost the treasury 80–90 thousand rubles instead of 450–460 thousand.

  Home and office

  
  Mega-level entrepreneurs who are able to buy several winged machines travel around the country and the world on jets - Oleg Deripaska , Mikhail Prokhorov, Victor Vekselberg. Roman Abramovich owns not so much a jet as an aircraft that is usually used in commercial aviation - the Boeing 767-300. Such airliners are in the fleets of all major airlines, including Aeroflot and Transaero. Judgments about the exact number of aircraft in private ownership are only approximate. For example, how much Cessna is used in a country is known from the planespotters (people whose hobbies are photographing and counting aircraft). They recorded about 40 vessels of this manufacturer with different registration numbers at airports. Of these, at least two dozen belong to unnamed private owners.

  Most of the jets are the fleet of companies involved in the organization of VIP transportation. According to various sources, there are several dozen such companies in the country. By the way, the presence of its own board at Vladimir Lisin sources do not confirm, claiming that the No. 1 billionaire uses the services of a VIP airline based in Vnukovo-3. But, as a rule, the clientele of leased aircraft is different. "Their services are used by about 4,500 people - businessmen who either do not want to buy an airplane, or who fly not so often to have their own board," says the president of the Business Aviation club Sergey Morozov. In any case, these are people who are willing to pay about 30-40 thousand euros for a flight to Europe. For billionaires, in this case, comfort is important, they have formed a certain level of requests. “If they resort to the services of such companies, then each time it will turn out to be a new, unusual plane with foreign flight attendants, possibly an inconvenient layout,” the expert explains. - Your plane - an airplane for yourself, like a home and an office at the same time.

  No terrorists

  
  The theme of increasing prestige due to the aircraft as an expensive toy remained in pre-crisis times. The need, of course, is there. But most entrepreneurs, having played enough of status in previous years, use jets for their intended purpose - for business. According to the estimates of the Business Aviation Club, before the start of the crisis in 2008, the number of business aviation flights in the Moscow zone reached 150-200 per day, which is comparable to regular flights over the same period.

  One of the reasons wealthy people buy their own planes is because of the difficult routes. “Let's say you need to visit Moscow, London, Nice, Athens and St. Petersburg in a short time,” says Sergei Morozov. "No major scheduled airline can handle this challenge." It is often impossible to get to your destination with a regular plane. According to a 2009 study by Galaxy And Mass Assembly and the National Business Aviation Association, up to 80% of business jets fly to airports with no regular schedule or limited to two or three flights operated by small turbine vessels.

  But even if we are talking about flights to centers with a developed aviation infrastructure, there are difficulties with connecting flights in different cities, a lot of time is spent on the usual pre-flight check-in, baggage screening, advance arrival at the airport, usually remote from the settlement. A personal plane does not have to be parked at a large airfield, and it will wait for a delayed passenger as long as necessary. Here the limitation is related only to the crew rest time.

  It is known that the president of the bank "Avangard" Kirill Minovalov independently pilots his Cessna. His business interests are in the malt and glass business. The entrepreneur often negotiates with partners in Europe, where he flies from Moscow in an hour (taking into account time zones). During the day, he holds several meetings in different cities or even EU countries, and in the evening he returns to Russia. A convincing example of how having an airplane allows you to effectively manage your own time. Another important reason to use a personal aircraft is absolute and controlled security, when the entrepreneur is confident that there are no terrorists on board.

  The crisis is not a hindrance

  
  “We must remember that any owner of a business jet does not fly alone, but together with managers and security guards,” recalls BCS analyst Sevastian Kozitsyn. “If such a person were to use a regular or charter plane, he would have to buy out half the cabin for his team.”

  If you do not take the top of the "golden" billionaires, then the Russian jet fleet consists of corporate machines that are used primarily in the interests of legal entities, Oleg Panteleev, head of the analytical service of the Aviaport.ru agency, is sure: “When we talk about the personality of Roman Abramovich, it is clear that his Boeing is a car for one, but if we mean pragmatic businessmen like Oleg Deripaska, he will not spend money on maintaining the plane only for his personal needs.

  For such entrepreneurs, own boarding becomes an investment in increasing the efficiency of the business and the communication capabilities of the company. Therefore, the oligarchs continue to buy aircraft, despite the crisis. “True, since 2008 there has been a decline in demand both in terms of leasing and purchasing aircraft. In my estimation, there was a fall of more than 50%, ”says Petr Koshelev, Commercial Director of Jet-2000, which offers management and business jet rental services. For example, one large company selling jets reported that in 2009 it did not carry out a single deal to sell aircraft. Many cars were put up for sale, but nobody was interested in them. Although the aircraft on the secondary market could be purchased with a 20-50% discount. So, according to the observations of experts, co-owners of Sibir Energy Shalva Chigirinsky and Mirax Group Sergei Polonsky unsuccessfully tried to get rid of their own vessels. But success accompanied Lev Leviev, an Israeli businessman who owns AFI Development in Russia: he sold his Bombardier Global 5000 for $ 46 million. The situation is similar in the primary market. According to the American jet manufacturer Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation, in the second half of last year not a single order was received from Russia, while the company usually sold up to a dozen airliners to Russian oligarchs annually.

  However, the recovery of the market for such exclusive services has already begun: the demand for "secondary housing" is slowly but surely increasing, followed by a gradual revival of the primary market, experts say. If we talk about the intensity of flights on jets, according to Sergei Morozov, it has already approached the pre-crisis level: “Entrepreneurs, of course, have become more economical, but I would say within the framework of a certain trend, because everyone is saving around, but the statistics of our club's flights say on the other - they fly as before. "

  Airplane piece

  
  In this, domestic businessmen do not differ from foreign ones. The activity of business aviation flights in the EU countries also almost approached the level of 2009, according to Eurocontrol, only in April the intensity again decreased by 34% yoy due to the eruption of the Icelandic volcano. But the level of purchases of jets has not fully recovered. According to the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA), in the first quarter of 2010, world shipments of this type of vessels amounted to 164 units, which is 14.1% less than in the same period last year. True, the foreign market is much more saturated with jets than the Russian one - about 13 thousand private jets are registered in the USA alone. Of course, not all of them belong to residents: due to liberal legislation, the ships of many foreigners are registered in the States, including a significant part of 450 aircraft belonging to Russians.
  

  Ranking of business jet owners

  
  

  A place	A person	Status	Status assessment, $ billion	Aircraft make	Primary market price, $ mln *
  	Roman Abramovich	Owner of Millhouse Capital , Chairman of the Duma of the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug	17,00	Boeing 767-300
  	Suleiman Kerimov	Owner Nafta Moskva , member of the Federation Council	14,50	Boeing 737-7BJ / W BBJ	50–52
  				Gulfstream g-v
  	David Yakobashvili	Co-owner of Wimm-Bill-Dann	0,53	Gulfstream g550
  				Bombardier Challenger 604	26–28
  	Mikhail Prokhorov	President of the Onexim Group	17,85	Gulfstream GV-SP
  				Falcon 900 EX	28–30
  	Shalva Chigirinsky	Ex-co-owner of Sibir Energy	0,17	Gulfstream g550
  	Rustam Tariko	Chairman of the Board of Directors and Owner bank "Russian Standard"	1,60	Boeing 737-7BJ / W BBJ	50–52
  	Andrey Skoch	Co-owner of Metalloinvest, state Duma deputy	2,45	Airbus A319-115CJ
  	Mikhail Fridman	The main owner and chairman of the supervisory board of Alfa Group	14,30	Bombardier Global Express
  	Oleg Deripaska	CEO and owner of Basic Element	13,80	Gulfstream GV-SP
  	Sergei Pugachev	Owner of the United Industrial Corporation, member of the Federation Council	2,40	Falcon 2000 Ex Easy
  				Gulfstream iib
  	Grigory Anikeev	State Duma Deputy from "United Russia"	n.d.	Falcon 2000 Ex Easy
  	Vagit Alekperov	President and co-owner of Lukoil	10,65	Falcon 900EX	28–30
  				Yak-142 (modification of the Yak-42)	2–2,5
  	Alexey Mordashov	CEO and main owner Severstal	10,00	Bombardier Challenger 604	26–28
  	Vladimir Potanin	President of Interros	9,95	Gulfstream	25–33
  	Vladimir Bogdanov	General Director of Surgutneftegaz	0,12	Gulfstream IV-SP	25–31
  	Vladimir Evtushenkov	Chairman of the Board of Directors and main owner of AFK Sistema	6,50	Embraer-135BJ Legacy	23–25
  	Igor Makarov	The main shareholder of Itera	19,70	Embraer-135BJ Legacy	23–25
  	Victor Vekselberg	Chairman of the supervisory committee and the main owner of Renova	8,35	Bombardier BD-700 Global Express	22–24
  	Kirill Minovalov	President and owner of Avangard Bank	0,56	Cessna 750 Citation X
  	Igor Vozyakov	Collector and philanthropist (former top manager of Transneft)	n.d.	Learjet 60	19–20

  Despite the financial difficulties, businessmen in no country are ready to abandon the use of personal aircraft. Hundreds of thousands of wealthy but impoverished foreigners travel around the world on business flights. Therefore, the form of joint ship ownership is developing abroad even more actively than before. This is the so-called “partial ownership”, not “private”: the customer pays part of the cost of the aircraft and receives a priority and cheaper freight for a certain period of time. “This option is close to the fractional ownership scheme, when a person buys not an airplane, but a certain number of flight hours on it, which allows him to optimize his own expenses,” says Oleg Panteleev. For example, in Europe fractional ownership is about 10% of the private aviation market. Naturally, such a co-owner does not fully bear the cost of maintaining the car, which can reach 3-5% per month of the cost of the car. In Russia, buying planes by bundling is not very popular - there are still many who are able to buy an entire plane.

  A English photographer Nick Glace has been shooting the interiors of the planes of African dictators for about 3 years. The photographer does not name their names, but, according to rumors, they were, for example, the king of Swaziland, the president of Nigeria and the head of Zimbabwe. However, the Russian oligarchs and their boss, Putin I, have no less impressive flying palaces.

  Photos of the interiors of the planes of African rulers were presented at the English Brighton Festival. Nick Glace, who spent about 3 years on these images, admitted that at first it took him about 3 months to agree on permits for shooting each of the objects. However, then Glace showed the previous picture to one of the African kings. He immediately agreed to shoot his flying palace - "to show the world that his plane is not worse than his neighbor's." In addition, the next dictator received exclusive information on what the aircraft of his rival in flashy luxury looks like. Later, Glace used this very tactic.

  While most black African blacks were dying of poverty and disease, their rulers trimmed their planes with literally gold. The reasons for such a flashy luxury in 2002 were explained by the King of Swaziland Mswati III: "A luxury plane is needed to increase the prestige of the state and attract foreign investment." This plane and its finishing cost the king $ 300 million.

  Glace says the cheapest plane (including trim) he has rented was worth about $ 100 million. But most often the devices cost 300-400 million dollars. They got off with gold, skins, Impressionist paintings worth several million dollars hung on their walls. According to Glace, the main routes of African dictators were flights to Europe, mainly to France, Switzerland and England. The planes flew back, crammed with haute couture clothes, art and expensive wines.

  

  

  However, this way of life of the rulers of Africa is considered the norm there. As in other underdeveloped and colonial countries, flashy wealth enhances the prestige of the dictator and the love of the people for him. This is how, for example, the mansion of the Zimbabwean dictator Mugabe looks like:

  

  

  

  

  This mansion in the capital Harare cost the dictator 300-400 million dollars. It was designed by the French and built by the Moroccans. It is worth recalling that in Zimbabwe, 90% of the citizens of this country live below the poverty line, there is practically no economy, and inflation has broken the world record, exceeding 1,000,000% in a year.

  However, the plane of the Russian co-manager Vladimir Putin I is in no way inferior in luxury to the aircraft of African dictators. Earlier it was reported that in 2001 the British company Diamonite Aircraft Furnishings Ltd won a tender for the right to complete the interior of the Il-96 presidential aircraft. The total cost of the Russian side No. 1 can reach 300 million dollars (ie, like the King of Swaziland Mswati III).

  But Mswati III himself and Putin were interrupted by the “businessman” subordinate to the latter (appointed by the owners of British offshore companies for this role) Roman Abramovich.

  He had two planes at one time. One is an old Boeing-737, adapted for working flights between Chukotka, Moscow and London (now, according to rumors, this plane has been sold). In addition, he has a Boeing 767. After finishing the interior, installing bathtubs, plasma panels and other equipment necessary for the flight, the purchase price of this flying palace exceeded $ 1 billion. Abramovich's assistants even installed an anti-missile system on the plane.

  In 2010, Abramovich already owned 4 aircraft.

  

  (One of the rare pictures of Abramovich on the plane; the main accessory of Russian wealth - the Carpet - is in place)

  
  (This photo shows Abramovich boarding his Boeing 737)

  
  (And this is a Boeing 767 Abramovich at the airport of the Austrian Innsbruck)

  
  (Another plane of Abramovich - Falcon; this photo captures the arrival of a "businessman" in Manchester for the FA Cup semifinal match between his club Chelsea and Blackburn Rovers)

  (Photos of Abramovich's planes were taken from the airliners.net website; thanks to Russian photographer Mitya Aleshkovsky for pointing out the gallery of the "oligarch's" flying palaces)

  All in all, the Russian "oligarchs" own about 450 aircraft. Some of the acquisitions were symbolic. For example, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, now disgraced, used to fly on an exclusive plane. His choice fell on the fashionable Gulfstream-5. According to rumors, this choice was appreciated by Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin and purchased the plane of the former "oligarch".

  

  (But once Abramovich was a simple Soviet guy ...)