Das Kapital will read it, and even fewer will understand it". Nonetheless, Marx acknowledged that Russia was the country where "Capital" "was read and valued more than anywhere". The Russian edition was the fastest selling. 3,000 copies were sold in one year while the German edition took five years to sell 1,000, thus the Russian translation sold fifteen times faster than the German original. In the wake of the global economic collapse of 2008–2009, "Das Kapital" was reportedly in high demand in Germany. In 2012, Red Quill Books released "Capital: In Manga!", a comic book version of Volume I which is an
IFD Kapital Group The holding company 'Group Kapital Asset Management' CJSC was the second largest Russian asset management firm with over 230 billion rubles of assets in management,as of September 30, 2012 per company website. It comprises three companies, namely Kapital Asset Management Company LLC, Kapital Asset Management joint stock company (JSC) and Management Company Kapital Mutual Funds LLC. The holding is headed by Sergei Mikhailov, a member of the Board of Directors with numerous connections. The holding totaled assets of RUR 132.7 billion as of March 31, 2013. In November 2013 Bloomberg News reported IFD Kapital was planning to sell the holding