Bloomberg: Billionaire plans to 'party like a Russian' as Deripaska stays away - May. 22, 2018

Bloomberg: Billionaire plans to ‘party like a Russian’ as Deripaska stays away

Published May 22, 2018. Updated May 22 at 11:21 am

(FILES) In this file photo taken on June 1, 2017 Russian billionaire Oleg Deripaska, who heads aluminium producer Rusal, attends the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) in Saint Petersburg. The US Treasury on April 23, 2018 said that it could lift sanctions on Russian aluminum giant Rusal if tycoon Oleg Deripaska gives up control of the company. The announcement sent aluminum prices falling by 7.2 percent on the London Metals exchange, while other metals including gold, nickel and palladium also fell sharply.The Treasury said in a statement that it would give companies more time to comply with the sanctions Washington announced April 6 against Russian officials in response to the attempted murder by poisoning of former spy Sergei Skripal, which Britain and the United States have pinned on the Kremlin. / AFP PHOTO / Olga MALTSEVA

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“It takes a certain kind of man with a certain reputation, to alleviate the cash from a whole entire nation. Take my loose change and build my own space station. (Just because you can, man.)”

Robbie Williams’s lyrics in the 2016 song “Party Like a Russian” digs at the country’s rich and powerful. This week, it might be their dancing music. The British pop artist is headlining the glitziest after-hours bash at Russia’s annual economic forum this week. The party will celebrate the 25th anniversary of MegaFon PJSC, the wireless company owned by Alisher Usmanov.