A former executive of another Gazprom subsidiary, Gazprom Investholding, which he led for well over a decade, Usmanov is known for holding a 30 per cent stake in Arsenal Football Club for many years. So they were doing everything they could to ensure that people came to London, and that meant no questions asked, Glenny says. Business Insider took a look at the annual Sunday Times Rich Listto find the richest Russians living in the UK, based on their estimated net worth. 'Londongrad' Undermines U.K.'s Tough Talk on Russia Sanctions Were moving our money. . How Britain's most desirable residence is now being circled by billionaires U.K. Takes Aim at Rich Russian Owners of Luxury London Property Finding out who exactly owns these properties or where they are located can be hard, however, because they are rarely registered in the individuals names. The criminal gang Khodorkovsky refers to is a group of wealthy figures around Putin who he claims are operating independently of the government. Sign up to our daily newsletters for all the latest and greatest from across London here. Why Russian oligarchs may never get their London mansions back Do you know how many millionaires there are across the country? Boris is believed to be a close confident of Vladimir Putin, the pair having practiced judo together in their youth. A Financial Times article from 2019 demonstrated Blavatnik has a skill for exploiting Soviet roots, while still positioning himself as an outsider in both Russia and in the West. Hes best known for having founded dating website Badoo alongside a slew of other, lesser known internet businesses. He is said to have purchased the property for 90 million pounds ($119 million). UK urged to suspend 'golden visas' after fast tracking of Russian He lives in Chelsea and also owns stakes in steel giant Evraz and Norilsk Nickel. Located on a less flashy street in Belgravia, but still with an extremely expensive price tag is Roman Rotenbergs property on Cadogan Lane. His house in Belgrave Square has been described as a crash pad after court filings revealed he barely spent more than a week or two at the home per year. The first thing we could do is we could make sure that the illegal money laundering, the dodgy sideways moving of money from Russia to here, the buying of exorbitant properties comes to an end, he says. There are about 22 million millionaires in the U.S. 8.8 % of U.S. adults are millionaires. "In London, money rules everyone," a Russian magnate told the journalist Catherine Belton. It was purchased for 65 million in 2016 by Mikhail Fridman, a Ukranian-born international businessman and industrialist. Roman Borisovich, founder of ClampK, the Committee for Legislation Against Moneylaundering in Properties by Kleptocrats, runs "kleptocracy tours" identifying properties in London bought by Russians with links to the Kremlin. The BBC said some of the funds from the fraud were used to purchase a 7 million pound ($9 million) mansion in Hampshire known as Aragon Hall. Prince Abdullah bin Khalid bin Sultan Al Saud is . His estimated net worth is $33.5 billion, according to Forbes.