By Alexi Barrioneuvo, New York Times, April 3/4, 2012

More than 200 real estate brokers and lawyers, many of them among the most ambitious in the Manhattan real estate world, filed into an Off Broadway theater last month for three hours.

The subject of the gathering was not art, but money: specifically, how to sell multimillion-dollar properties to clients from Russia and other parts of Eastern Europe.  While the brokers sipped wine and nibbled cheese, a panel of lawyers and a banker reviewed some of the biggest sales made to Russians, including [....]

Note sidebar:
Slideshow: Russians Write Big Checks for Luxury U.S. Real Estate

and for more see:
China, Russia and Brazil Buy Up New York
by Elise Knutsen, New York Observer, Nov 21, 2011

Yes, it’s true: New Yorkers are facing stiff competition in the real estate market from highfalutin foreign buyers. And where precisely are these buyers coming from? China, Russia and Brazil, according to a break-down from The Real Deal. Here’s the skinny on your home-searching competition: [....]

plus for more on Ryboloselv, see Knutsen's Dec 18, 2011 article:
Na Zdarovia Dmitry Rybolovlev! Fertilizer Kingpin Buys Sandy Weill’s $88 M. Penthouse