August 7, 2017 billionaire Roman Abramovich and his wife, gallery owner and designer Dasha Zhukova, announced a divorce.
What was the life of the couple? And why, after 10 years of relations, the oligarch Roman Abramovich and his beloved Daria Zhukova decided to part? They carefully protect their lives from strangers, but still something about their marriage became known.
1. Dasha is the third wife of Abramovich.
The first marriage, he was married to his classmate Olga. The second wife of Roman Arkadievich was the stewardess Irina Malandina, from whom the billionaire has five children. In one interview Irina shared interesting details of the life of the billionaire's wife:
"My life with Roman is not a fairy tale ... For my safety and, most importantly, the safety of our children, he hired a whole staff of security agency. We changed cell phone numbers once a week ... We went to theaters and museums with a crowd of guards "
First wife of Abramovich - Olga Lysova
The second wife of Abramovich is Irina Malandina
2. According to rumors, it was Dasha who caused the separation of Abramovich and his second wife Irina.
They met at a football match in Barcelona, where the 25-year-old Dasha was brought by his father - businessman Alexander Zhukov. After that, Abramovich was often noticed in Dasha's company, and soon he divorced his wife, leaving her in consolation for about $ 5 billion, 4 villas, an estate and two apartments in the UK, and a castle in France. According to media reports, at the time of meeting with the oligarch Dasha was also not free and met with tennis player Marat Safin.
3. Abramovich and Zhukov were married in 2008, but this became known only in 2014.
The oligarch and his beloved guard their privacy so carefully that they did not inform anyone about the wedding.
4. Abramovich a huge number of apartments and houses around the world, but most of the time he and his family preferred to spend on the yacht Eclipse.
This yacht is one of the largest in the world. According to experts, its cost, together with all the equipment can be $ 1.2 billion. About the interior of the vessel information is extremely small; It is known that it has a concert hall, a cinema, three dining rooms, two swimming pools, 2 helicopter landing sites, a mini submarine for 12 seats, etc.
5. Dasha gave Abramovich the 6th and 7th child: Aaron's son and daughter Leia.
In 2009, before the birth of his son, the father ordered an unusual gift for the baby - a small copy of his Eclipse yacht, made with jewelry precision.
6. Abramovich helped Dasha to open the Garage Center of Contemporary Art in Moscow.
The first exhibit of the museum was a statuette of Giacometti, for which the oligarch, without hesitation, laid out $ 14 million.
7. Divorce couples did not come as a surprise.
Rumors about the discord in the relationship of the oligarch and his wife have been going for a long time. Recently Zhukova and Abramovich often spent their free time together. In addition, the media constantly accused the couple of adultery. The oligarch was assigned a romance with the ballerina Diana Vishneva, and Dasha was allegedly caught up in a romantic relationship with Leonardo DiCaprio and his boyfriend Heidi Klum - Vito Schnabel.
8. There will be no loud trial.
According to lawyer Alexander Dobrovinsky:
"The legal consequences, as far as I know, were resolved many years ago, when these people were married, a marriage contract was drawn up"
Recall that the couple owns houses in London, Moscow, Colorado and in the south of France, as well as a chic mansion in New York. In addition, Abramovich has a huge collection of art worth about a billion dollars and owns a football club Chelsea. Roman Arkadevich and Dasha also have joint projects: the Garage Center for Contemporary Art in Moscow and the New Holland Cultural Center in St. Petersburg. As will be divided property, is still unknown.