A Russian billionaire’s ex-wife, who is trying to get her hands on a £450 million divorce payout, has won a High Court fight with her eldest son. Tatiana Akhmedova said her ex-husband, 65-year-old businessman Farkhad Akhmedov, has hidden assets and has accused their 27-year-old son, Temur Akhmedov, of acting as his father’s ‘lieutenant’. Ms Akhmedova, … Read more
A Russian oligarch conspired with his son in a series of ‘dishonest’ schemes to prevent his ex-wife from receiving a landmark £453million divorce pay out, the High Court ruled today. Farkhad Akhmedov, 64, an oil and gas tycoon, was found to have used his son Temur, 27, as a ‘lieutenant’ and colluded with him to … Read more
The British socialite Lucy Houston sent a surprising telegram to the White House in the final weeks of the First World War. Addressed directly to President Woodrow Wilson, it advised him in the strongest possible terms to ignore Germany’s recent request for an armistice, and to insist that the war went on till the bitter … Read more