Dinamo Moscow top richest list

Dinamo Moscow are the richest club in the Russian Premier Liga thanks to investment from Alexei Fedorychev, head of Fedcominvest company and the club owner and a sponsorship deal with Xerox that reaps US$3 million a year. Champions Lokomotiv Moscow are second in the club list with a yearly budget of US$50m, which mainly comes from sponsor Russian Railway Company Ltd. CSKA Moscow, sponsored by oil company Sibneft (US$18m a year) which belongs to Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich - is in the third place with US$40m. CSKA are also sponsored by English company Bluecastle Enterprises and AVO Kapital. Terek Grozny, from the Republic of Chechnya, promoted to the top flight last season come in fourth. The club has an annual budget of US$30m, while main sponsor is local businessman Umar Dzhabrailov, and his company Plaza.. Nine-time champions Spartak Moscow, which are sponsored by Russia’s biggest oil company LUKOIL, are fifth with an annual budget of US$25m.

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