Gallery — Alexander Mashkevich — Alexey Mordashov — Andrey Guryev — Arkady Gaydamak — Dmitry Mazepin — Igor Sechin — Kirsan Ilyumzhinov — Konstantin Malofeev — Lev Leviev — Oleg Deripaska — Vagit Alekperov — Viktor Vekselberg — Vitali Machitski — Yevgeny Prigozhin
From Daring to Diligent to Dangerous: The Many Colorful Faces of Russian and Eurasian Business in Africa. Part I.
Since the fall of the Soviet Union, an eclectic array of Russian and Eurasian entrepreneurs have taken to the African continent.
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