Next comes the ex-owner of Russneft oil company, Mikhail Gutseriev who was placed on the international wanted list on suspicion of tax evasion. He occupies 32nd place in the Sunday Times 2009 rich list, with his wealth estimated at ₤1,200 million pounds. He lost some ₤ 815 million (approximately $1,200 million US) in 2008.

Alisher Usmanov (AFP Photo / Valery Melnikov / Getty Out)

The founder of Pamplona Capital Management, helping Russian companies to invest in foreign concerns, the Russian financier Aleksander Knaster occupies 88th place on the list with ₤500 million (approximately $730 million US).

Russian tycoon Boris Berezovsky, who has been hiding from Russian law in Great Britain for almost eight years already (for accusations launched in Russia including fraud, embezzlement, and preparing a violent overthrow of Putin’s government), has also lost a sizeable part of his fortune with the financial slump. However, he remains on the rich list, taking 114th place. Now it is estimated at ₤450 million (approximately $655 million US) against ₤667 million (approximately $971 million US) last year.

Roman Abramovich’s ex-wife Irina has received her own line in the rich list. She received a significant part of the businessman’s property at the divorce. Now Irina occupies 406th place with ₤130 million (about $190 million US), having dropped some ₤25 million (about $36 million US) in one year.

Roman Abramovich (AFP Photo / Glyn Kirk)

The total size of the UK’s richest inhabitants is now more than ₤258 billion ($376 billion), having decreased by ₤155 billion ($226 billion US) during the last year.

The Queen of Great Britain, Elizabeth the Second, has also suffered from the crisis. The Queen’s fortune now totals ₤270 million ($394 million US), which is 16 per cent less than one year ago. She occupies 214th place in the Sunday Times 2009 rich list.

However, the last year was not marked with losses for all British rich men. For example, the former head of Morrisons supermarket chain, sir Ken Morrison, has increased his fortune by 11 per cent up to ₤1,6 billion ($2,332 billion US).

The known Egyptian businessman, the owner of Harrods, Mohamed Al-Fayed, has grown rich due to the falling exchange rates of the British pound. His fortune has increased by 17 per cent, now totalling ₤650 million (almost $948 million US).