Billionaire's Wedding...
[MosNews,
Russia Report]
Russian Billionaire Pays Christina
Aguilera $1M Per Wedding Song
Created: 05.09.2005 14:56 MSK (GMT +3), Updated: 14:56 MSK
Russian billionaire banker Andrei
Melnichenko has paid Christina Aguilera 2 million pounds ($3.6 million) to
perform three songs at the celebration of his nuptials with former Miss
Yugoslavia Aleksandra Kokotovic, the Mirror newspaper reports.
The 20-million pound wedding was held in the south of France over the
weekend. Other stars, such as Whitney Houston, Julio Iglesias and his son
Enrique also performed at the celebrations.
The Forbes ranked Andrei Melnichenko at 514th position in the world’s list
of richest people in 2004.
His primary asset is the MDM Bank, which is one of Russia’s ten largest, but
Melnichenko also controls a sizeable stake in electricity monopoly Unified
Energy Systems. His Siberian Coal and Energy Company, or SUEK, produces more
than one-third of Russian coal used for energy production. And his chemical
company Yevrokhim is one of the largest producers of mineral fertilizers.
NEWSFILE: 5 SEPTEMBER 2005
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