Roman Abramovich and Dasha Zhukova announced a divorce
'07.08.2017'
Source: Page Six
Rumors that not everything is so smooth in the relationship between Roman Abramovich and Dasha Zhukova were confirmed. The couple announced a divorce after 10 years of marriage. Page Six.
The Russian billionaire, the owner of the Chelsea football club and his wife, the founder of the Garage Museum of Contemporary Art in Moscow, made an official statement:
"After 10 years of living together, we made the difficult decision to part, but we remain close friends, parents of two wonderful children, and partners in projects that started and developed together."
For a long time it was not known whether Abramovich and Zhukov were officially married while the magazine WSJ Magazine did not confirm that they met in 2005 and were married in 2008. The couple have a seven-year-old son Aaron and a four-year-old daughter Leah.
This is the third marriage for Abramovich, who takes a place in the list of billionaires 139 Forbes and has a fortune of $ 9,1 billion
What is to be divorced?
The couple has a huge private collection of works of art. Last year, Abramovich bought three houses on the Upper East Side of New York to turn them into a mega-farm.
In addition, the couple have houses in London, Moscow, Colorado, Caribbean, southern France. Abramovich owns one of the largest yachts in the world - Eclipse. In the media reported that the oligarch did not stint his beloved on expensive gifts: he bought a statuette of Giacometti worth $ 14 million, paintings by Francis Bacon for $ 86 million and Lucien Freud for $ 33 million
Recall that in 2007, Abramovich divorced his second wife Irina by mutual consent, she received $ 300 million and payment of all expenses of five children. Business completely remained at Abramovich.
With his first wife, Olga Lysova, Abramovich broke up after three years of marriage in 1987. There were no children in this marriage.
