Uzbekistan: Karimov Daughters Down $200 Million

The Swiss journal Bilan just published its list of the 300 most rich people in Switzerland in the past year -- and both President Islam Karimov's sensational daughters are still on it, but they've lost some of their riches.

According to the Russian-language Swiss news sit nashagazeta.ch, last year the controversial Gulnara Karimova, Uzbekistan's ambassador to Spain and UN organizations in Geneva, took third place among the wealthiest women in Switzerland, reported fergananews.com

It looks like you have to buy a copy of Bilan at the newstand to see the whole list, but apparently this year Gulnara is tied with her sister Lola Karimova-Tillyaeva, Uzbekistan's ambassador to UNESCO in Paris. What with Lola's failed libel lawsuit -- leaving the journalist who called her a "dictator's daughter" vindicated -- and Gulhara's flopped fashion show in Manhattan, the Karimovs may have had some unrecovered expenses this year. The pair have lost $200 million between them since last year, but are still worth $1 billion, says nashagazeta.ch

Other high rollers on the list include Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev's daughter Dinara Kulibayeva.