SBS veterans to storm Russian oligarch’s superyacht after ex-wife hire to seize £225m ‘Luna’

A Russian billionaire’s ex-wife battling for a £453million divorce payout has hired former SBS operatives to seize the £225million super yacht at the centre of the row. The specialist asset recovery team has been instructed to take the 115metre Luna from Farkhad Akhmedov following a series of court actions over the vessel. It is the centrepiece … Read more

SBS veterans to storm Russian oligarch’s superyacht after ex-wife hire to seize £225m ‘Luna’

A Russian billionaire’s ex-wife battling for a £453million divorce payout has hired former SBS operatives to seize the £225million super yacht at the centre of the row. The specialist asset recovery team has been instructed to take the 115metre Luna from Farkhad Akhmedov following a series of court actions over the vessel. It is the centrepiece … Read more

Russian billionaire oligarch’s son says life not ‘without troubles’ as he battles mother over £453m

The son of a Russian oligarch, who was given a £29 million flat when he was 19 and lost £35 million of his father’s money at 21 has spoken of his ‘troubled’ life. In a moving statement submitted to the High Court, Temur Akhmedov insists that despite benefiting from his father’s enormous wealth ‘that does … Read more

Russian oligarch’s ex-wife arrives at High Court for legal showdown with her own SON

A Russian billionaire’s son lost more than £35million trading in stocks and shares when he was a student in London, a High Court judge has heard. Temur Akhmedov, whose parents bought him a £29million flat in London when he was 19, traded at home while studying private banking at the London School of Economics between … Read more

Russian oligarch’s ex-wife arrives at High Court for legal showdown with her own SON

The son of a Russian oligarch was accused of being a ‘compulsive liar’ who had ‘perverted the course of justice’ as part of plan to prevent his mother from receiving a mammoth divorce settlement. Tatiana Akhmedova, 52 is suing her son Temur Akhmedov, 27 over claims that he acted as his father’s ‘lieutenant’ and colluded … Read more

Russian oligarch’s ex-wife faces son in £453m divorce court fight today   

A bitter dispute involving one of the world’s wealthiest families will be played out at London’s High Court today when the ex-wife of a Russian oligarch sues her son, alleging that he colluded with his father to prevent her receiving a multi-million-pound divorce settlement. Tatiana Akhmedova, 52, secured a landmark £453million pay out from her … Read more

Judge orders Google to reveal oligarch’s son’s emails in mother’s battle to get £450m settlement

A judge has ordered tech giant Google to reveal the emails of a Russian oligarch’s son as part of a huge legal fight, dubbed ‘Britain’s biggest ever divorce battle’. The emails are from Temur Akhmedov, the son of billionaire Farkhad Akhmedov. The oil and gas magnate was ordered to pay £450million as part of a … Read more

Judge orders Google to reveal oligarch’s son’s emails in mother’s battle to get £450m settlement

A US judge has ordered tech giant Google to reveal the emails of a Russian oligarch’s son as part of a huge legal fight, dubbed as Britain’s biggest ever divorce battle. The emails are from Temur Ahkmedov, the son of billionaire Farkhad Akhmedov. The oil and gas magnate was ordered to pay £450million as part … Read more

JOHN HUMPHRYS: What do Amazon billionaires and the oligarchs have in common?

We can’t say we weren’t warned, can we? The streets of London — and other big cities too — are swarming with Russian spooks. Some of them much scarier than others. The sort who might jab Russia’s enemies with the poisoned tip of an umbrella or smear a deadly nerve agent on a door handle. … Read more

JOHN HUMPHRYS: What do Amazon billionaires and the oligarchs have in common?

We can’t say we weren’t warned, can we? The streets of London — and other big cities too — are swarming with Russian spooks. Some of them much scarier than others. The sort who might jab Russia’s enemies with the poisoned tip of an umbrella or smear a deadly nerve agent on a door handle. … Read more