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September 2007

Ursa Bank: hot on the heels of the leader

In Russia, members of the business elite are just as likely to appear in the gossip columns as they are in the business sections of the nation’s newspapers.


Joining up the dots Center-Invest: southern champion with a social conscience Amber Shore of Russia: fun and games on the Baltic In such a context, Igor Kim, chairman of leading regional banking player Ursa Bank, cuts a refreshingly modest and unassuming figure. "I’m not a celebrity, I’m not a movie star," he says, adding that he hasn’t even been to Monaco, let alone owns apartments or a fleet of yachts there. Not that he couldn’t afford them of course, you understand. Latest estimates value Ursa Bank, the jewel in Kim’s financial services providers’ collection, at about $4.2 billion. Kim has at least a 35.5% call on that, not to mention his...


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