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Credit-crunched Russian billionaire asks for the ?39million deposit he put down on world's most expensive house
By Peter Allen
Last updated at 3:48 PM on 18th February 2009
A Russian billionaire is desperately trying to claw back his ?39million deposit after a deal to buy the most expensive house in the world fell through.
Mikhail Prokhmorov - who is Russia's richest an and is worth ?9.8billion - offered ?500million to buy Villa Leopolda on the French Riviera last August.
But since then the 48-year-old metal tycoon has lost billions thanks to the international financial crisis.
more including pics of "house"...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/wor...39million-deposit-worlds-expensive-house.html
By Peter Allen
Last updated at 3:48 PM on 18th February 2009
A Russian billionaire is desperately trying to claw back his ?39million deposit after a deal to buy the most expensive house in the world fell through.
Mikhail Prokhmorov - who is Russia's richest an and is worth ?9.8billion - offered ?500million to buy Villa Leopolda on the French Riviera last August.
But since then the 48-year-old metal tycoon has lost billions thanks to the international financial crisis.
more including pics of "house"...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/wor...39million-deposit-worlds-expensive-house.html