Russian Oil Trader Must Pay £100 Million in Divorce, UK Judge Rules
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A Russian oil trader was ordered to pay more than £100 million ($135 million) in cash and assets to his ex-wife after a long fought divorce that laid bare details of a lavish lifestyle.
A London judge ordered Mikhail Kroupeev, who controls Gulfsands Petroleum Plc, to give a £60 million lump sum to his ex-wife Elena Kroupeeva and another £40 million worth of properties they owned, including a seven-bedroom London home and a villa in Portugal.