Forbes Russia published its list of the country’s richest women. Wildberries CEO Tatiana Kim topped the ranking for the fifth time. Over the past year, her fortune fell by more than $2 billion, but Kim retained first place by a wide margin.
In brief:
- Forbes Russia estimated Kim’s fortune at $5 billion; a year earlier, it was $7.1 billion
- As recently as February 2026, Forbes valued Kim’s fortune at more than $8 billion, but the valuation fell over the summer amid general market conditions and attacks on Wildberries infrastructure
- Ukrainian drones destroyed around 20 per cent of the company’s logistics capacity, with damage approaching one trillion roubles
- The government adopted support measures for affected businesses, mainly tax deferrals and other forms of relief
- A decision on rebuilding Wildberries warehouses with state support is still being considered
- The number of female dollar billionaires in Russia fell from nine to four over the past year
Forbes Russia valued Kim’s fortune at $5 billion. At the end of February 2026, when the global billionaires ranking was compiled, Forbes valued her fortune at $8.1 billion, but the estimate was later lowered. Both general stock-market conditions and the company’s own problems played a part: since July, Wildberries’ logistics infrastructure has been badly damaged by Ukrainian UAV attacks.
Despite the lower valuation of her fortune, Kim tops the list of Russia’s richest women for the fifth time. Forbes first named her Russia’s richest woman in 2021. The ranking was not compiled in 2022; Kim then topped it in 2023, 2024 and 2025. In last year’s ranking, her fortune was estimated at $7.1 billion.
Tatiana Kim founded Wildberries in 2004. In 2024, the marketplace announced a merger with outdoor advertising operator Russ. Kim now controls 65 per cent of RVB LLC, the company formed by the merger of Wildberries and Russ; the remaining 35 per cent is held by Russ entities. The deal was accompanied by a major corporate conflict that unfolded against the backdrop of Tatiana Kim’s divorce from Vladislav Bakalchuk. The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, and billionaire Suleiman Kerimov became involved in the dispute over control of Wildberries.
Warehouses on fire
The most recent confirmed attack on a Wildberries facility took place on the night of 25–26 August 2026. The company’s logistics centre in Kotovsk, Tambov Oblast, was hit. After the drones struck, a fire broke out and spread across around 100,000 sq m. The warehouse was completely destroyed.
Notably, the series of attacks on Wildberries’ logistics infrastructure began on 18 July with a strike on the same warehouse. The drones damaged only part of the facility that time, and it later resumed operations.
Over the next month and a half, at least 20 Wildberries facilities came under attack. They included the company’s largest logistics centres in Koledino, Moscow Oblast; Krasny Bor, Leningrad Oblast; Krasnodar; and Nevinnomyssk. As a result, a large part of the marketplace’s warehouse infrastructure, around 20 per cent of its capacity, was damaged or put out of operation.
The preliminary combined damage to Wildberries and sellers operating on the platform is estimated at 600–800 billion roubles.
How Wildberries is being rescued
Tatiana Kim described the drone attacks on the warehouses as “force majeure”, noting that in such circumstances the company is not legally required to compensate sellers for all losses incurred. She nevertheless promised affected businesses assistance from both Wildberries and the state.
At the end of July, Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak and Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration Maxim Oreshkin instructed the Ministry of Economic Development, the Ministry of Finance and the Federal Tax Service, together with the Central Bank and business associations, to develop a package of support measures for sellers whose goods were damaged in attacks on Wildberries facilities. On 26 August, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin signed the corresponding government resolution.
The main measures concern the tax burden: affected businesses were granted deferrals on certain taxes and insurance contributions, and once the deferral period ends, they will be able to pay the accumulated amounts in instalments. In addition, some tax control procedures have been suspended for affected businesses, and deadlines related to debt recovery have been extended.
The rebuilding of Wildberries’ destroyed infrastructure is being addressed separately. Vladimir Putin instructed the government to develop a programme to rebuild commercial warehouses destroyed or damaged in drone attacks. The facilities are expected to be rebuilt to a higher technological standard using state support measures. The form, scale and terms of the support have not yet been determined.
Who else is on the Forbes list?
Second place in the ranking of Russia’s richest women went to the widow of former Moscow mayor Yuri Luzhkov, Inteco Management president Elena Baturina. Forbes estimated her fortune at $1.3 billion.
Third is the widow of St Petersburg businessman Vladimir Kogan, BFA-Development CEO Lyudmila Kogan, with a fortune of $1.25 billion.
Fourth place went to Ekaterina Fedun, daughter of former Lukoil co-owner Leonid Fedun and now a private investor. Her fortune is estimated at $1 billion.
No other women on the list are dollar billionaires: compared with the previous ranking, their number has more than halved, from nine to four. According to Forbes, the combined wealth of the 20 women in the ranking fell by $6.8 billion over the past year.
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