Jewish Oligarch Roman Abramovich Making Aliyah
Russian-Jewish billionaire, Roman Abramovich, the owners of British Chelsea a Premier League soccer club is expected to land today (Thursday) in Israel and apparently complete the process of immigration. Israel More...
British court ordered Russian oligarch to hand over his wife a $500 million yacht
A British court ordered Russian oligarch Farkhad Akhmedov, an oil tycoon, to hand over more to ex-wife Tatiana Akhmedova including a super-yacht, worth $ 500 million. This is part of Britain’s largest More...
Irish High Court grants request for testimony in oligarch row
The High Court has granted a request from the US authorities to have current and former directors of Irish-based Coral Petroleum give evidence in connection with a dispute between Russian oligarchs. The More...
Billionaires’ legal battle settled between Viktor Pinchuk and Gennadiy Bogolyubov and Igor Kolomoisky
The London High Court’s biggest and bloodiest corporate dispute between three Ukrainian oligarchs, was settled yesterday in a deal likely to have involved a payment of more than $1.3 billion to Viktor More...
Russian oligarchs lose $11 billion in just 10 trading days due to weak rouble and rising oil prices
Russian oligarchs have lost an estimated $11 billion (£7.6bn) in just 10 trading days since the turn of the year as oil prices slip and the rouble weakens. The nation is home to some of the richest men More...
Mikhail Fridman’s LetterOne Buys North Sea Fields From EON
Russian billionaire Mikhail Fridman’s LetterOne, through its Dea subsidiary, has taken a step forward to build a portfolio of attractive oil assets after the collapse in oil prices. LetterOne Group More...
Abramovich spent $80 million on his new upper east side sweet home – before he started building it
British soccer club Chelsea’s owner Roman Abramovich closed on the last of three Upper East Side townhouses he plans to knock down to make way for a big mansion. His total spent so far to $80 million. Abramovich More...
Bret Ratner and Mariah Carey Producing New Christmas Movie
Bret Ratner and Mariah Carey are teaming on a new Christmas movie. The producer will also make a new movie about Russian oligarchs for Warner bros. New Line Entertainment bought the rights to the project from More...
Russian Oligarch Berezovsky Was Behind Putin’s Rise to Power
Vladimir Putin doesn’t exactly have the cleanest record among world leaders, but a new book, “Putin’s Kleptocracy” by Karen Dawisha discusses how his path to power was engineered More...
Eighteen Russian Oligarchs Descending On Israeli Desert For Pesach
– – We learned the other day that Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich would be rappelling down rocks in the Negev next week, as part of his family’s and friends’ celebration of Pesach in Israel. Well, More...