Forbes names top NDFL taxpayers in Russia
Andrei Melnychenko gained the most (+$5.63 billion, up to $24.6 billion), followed by Mikhail Mikhelson (+$4.15 billion, up to $27.8 billion) and Alexei Morodashov (+$3.66 billion, up to $29.9 billion).
Consensus
- Forbes published an annual ranking of Russia's largest NDFL taxpayers exceeding one billion rubles.
- Leonid Fedun was ranked first in the 2025 ranking with NDFL payments of 12.19 billion rubles.
- Leonid Mikhailson was ranked second with NDFL payments of 7.25 billion rubles.
- Vadim Shvetsov was ranked third with NDFL payments of 3.09 billion rubles.
- The ranking is based on Forbes' own analysis using publicly available data, as actual NDFL figures are protected by tax secrecy.
- The list includes 19 individuals whose personal income exceeded 6.67 billion rubles in 2025.
- The ranking was published on September 24, 2025.
- Nine individuals appeared in the list for the first time in 2026.
Points of divergence
- Vladimir Podvalny and Vladislav Timokhin ranked fourth and fifth with NDFL payments of 3 billion and 2.65 billion rubles respectively. — vm
- Vladimir Podvalny and Vladislav Tymokhin were included in the top five, but their exact NDFL amounts were not specified. — vesti
- Leonid Fedun sold all his shares in Lukoil to the company in 2025, a transaction reported by Reuters but not officially commented on. — vesti
- Tatyana Kim, founder of Wildberries, was named the richest woman in Russia with a net worth of five billion dollars as of late August. — vm
Coverage (5 sources)
- Forbes named the largest taxpayers of Russia by NDFL for 2025 — Коммерсантъ
- Forbes compiled a ranking of the largest taxpayers of NDFL in Russia for 2025 — Московский кэш
- Forbes named largest taxpayers with NDFL over one billion rubles — Вечерняя Москва
- Forbes presented the rating of the largest taxpayers of Russia — Вести
- Forbes named largest taxpayers with NDFL over 1 billion rubles. — ТАСС (Telegram)