Putin's personal fortune may exceed that.
Putin will not allow Russia to be taken over via debt based currency. That makes him the enemy of the global oligarchs who rule America and the entire West.
Oh, he may have 50 billion dollars? But I’ve been told again and again that he’s a pure, God-fearing Christian, acetic, and simple Russian nationalist. How can he be personally so rich in a country where the average per capita income is $18,000 per year?