Bilan, Kirkorov and Pugacheva on Forbes Rich List

This month, Forbes magazine published its list of the 50 richest Russians in showbusiness and sport.

Alla Pugachyova, the queen of Russian pop, made $3.5 million, putting her at 14th place, but she made it the hard way, performing in provincial cities all over the country. She even sang in Vorkuta, a coal-mining town beyond the Arctic Circle best known for its Gulag camp -- in February.

Pugachyova recently said she will only retire when she can't wear a mini-skirt anymore (she's 58).

This year has certainly been good to Bilan, who is at 12th place among the top earners with an income of $4.1 million. That might put Pugachyova's nose out of joint, not to mention Filipp Kirkorov's. Like Dima, he was a Eurovision contestant and has kept himself in the public eye pretty solidly since marrying and then divorcing Pugachyova, but his earnings only put him at 17th place.

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source:The Moscow Times

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