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Alisher Burkhanovich Usmanov (Russian: Алишер Бурханович Усманов; Uzbek: Alisher Usmonov; born 9 September 1953) is an Uzbek-born Russian business-magnate and oligarch. As reported by Bloomberg Billionaires Index in 2021, Alisher Usmanov has an estimated net worth of $17.9 billion. Usmanov has been described by multiple source as an oligarch.Usmanov enriched himself considerably after the collapse of the Soviet Union. He built his wealth through metal and mining operations, and investments, and is the majority shareholder of Metalloinvest, a Russian industrial conglomerate, which consolidated in 2006 JSC Metalloinvest's assets (the Mikhailovsky GOK and the Ural Steel) with those of Gazmetall JSC (the Lebedinsky GOK and the Oskol Electrometallurgical Plant).He owns the Kommersant publishing house. He is also a co‑owner of Russia's second-largest mobile telephone operator, MegaFon, and owner of Udokan copper which develops one of the largest copper deposits in the world. Usmanov is the largest investor of Digital Sky Technologies ("DST") funds, and holds shares in a number of international technology companies. Usmanov eventually teamed up with Yuri Milner.He was also the president of the FIE, the international governing body of fencing, and he has invested in fencing programs and fencing development around the globe.On 28 February 2022, in relation to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the European Union blacklisted Usmanov, imposing an EU-wide travel ban and freezing all his assets.Following the sanctions, he announced on 1st of March 2022, accompanied by an accusatory letter, that he was suspending his activities in the FIE.