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Ukraine's billionaires are losing their cash, especially those with significant assets in the Donbas, an area that has become a battlefield between pro-Russian rebels and units loyal to Kyiv. According to Forbes' 2015 billionaires list, Rinat Akhmetov, Ukraine's richest man, has lost as much as $5.8bn over the past year.

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