Roman Abramovich’s wife Irina has filed for divorce and is determined to be awarded half of the oligarchs’ fortune, an estimated ¸11 billion. Behind the petition lie the governor of Chukotka’s numerous affairs in recent years, affairs which his wife has known about, but about which she’s kept her mouth shut. . .

Roman Abramovich is currently considered to be one of the richest people on earth. According to The News of the World, he has bank accounts worth about ¸8 billion, as well as a collection of yachts, cars and mansions. He has a yacht called Ecstasy, which he bought for ¸72 million, complete with its own submarine, swimming pool and Turkish bath, and he is having another one built for him, worth ¸100 million. The governor’s air force consists of a Boeing 767 (¸56 million), a Boeing business jet (¸28 million) and two helicopters worth an estimated ¸35 million each. . .
(Elena Gorlanova, Gazeta.ru, 16.10.2006)