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After a wobble, it's back to normal for the market on the Riviera, says ISABEL MORTON

I APOLOGISE to my husband but the truth is, I find myself very attracted to another tall (6ft 9in), dark and handsome younger (44) man. He’s from a little village called Eruda in western Siberia (perhaps a tad chilly) but has one or two other properties in more clement spots, as he just happens to be Mikhail Prokhorov, (worth $17.85 billion) knocked from his top spot on this year’s Russia’s rich list by 52 year-old steel magnate Vladimir Lisin ($18.8 billion).