[Sp5]

They were married a long time, not too surprising. He's still a billionaire, it's not going to make any difference. Didn't most of these oligarchs get their money by corruption anyways?

[Ardbeg]

Gentlemen, gentlemen, you're thinking about this the wrong way. Instead of calling her a bitch or feeling sorry for Rybolovlev, think of this as an opportunity. A newly minted billionaire in need of some male companionship is on the market!!

Yes, she is a bit old and haggard, but seducing her would increase your bankroll by a few zeros. Even with a prenup, any man who marries her and then subsequently divorces her should walk away with $50 to a $100 million.

[Mike5055]

Meh, it isn't right necessarily, but I'm assuming the guy made his money after they were married? In spite of the big dollar amount, there are many cases that are less fair than this one.

[kosko]

Good point. His money is stolen also so this is just nature and balancing forces at work.

[Cattle Rustler]

I heard Deb Auchery is looking for a Russian MILF sugar momma. With his modelesque looks and height, he will have no issues gaming her with some UA Hostel game.

[Samseau]

His mistake was not being married in Russia. Sounds like he got married somewhere in Western Europe where the divorce laws are pro-female.

[Cattle Rustler]

(05-20-2014 11:14 AM)Samseau Wrote:  

His mistake was not being married in Russia. Sounds like he got married somewhere in Western Europe where the divorce laws are pro-female.

If I ever get married, it's going to be in Saudi Arabia.

Also, I believe that if you live in a European country you can apply for divorce as well. For some reason the European Court of Human Rights accepts cases from Russians all the time despite Russia being Russia and not in the EU.

[coginnav]

(05-20-2014 02:40 AM)bacan Wrote:  

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/ma...settlement

Russian oligarch's former wife awarded £2.6bn in record-breaking divorce

Settlement deprives billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev of half of his fortune – in what may be the most expensive divorce in history

I saw that thread yesterday, I should have posted it earlier...

[simondice]

Is his new ex-wife hot? Would you bang?

[internet alpha]

Proof that Game is worth more than a billion dollars.

[J DOE]

For that type of dough I'm surprised he didn't lay the murder game down.

[RexImperator]

Actually you can look on it as not that big of a deal. What is the impact on lifestyle of going from 8 billion to 4 billion net worth? Little to none, I'd guess.

A guy who only has $500k including his house and loses half (or more, after expenses and fees) has it much worse.

[Excelsior]

What is all this talk of murder I'm hearing in this thread? Some of you guys need to just calm down. I think we're all overreeacting a bit here. I don't think Rybolovlev isn't going to lose $4.4 Billion, and here is why (taken from comments on this topic I saw elsewhere online):

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If there was any real danger he would have moved his assets out of the EU already and no court in Russia will award anything close to that amount of money.

There will be 2 appeals, each subsequent will lower the amount substantially, and probably like what happens in most of these situations between the first and 2nd appeal the wife will run out of money and have to settle. The lawyers will drag the process out for as long as possible to ensure this.
Also quite a lot of the money that she wants in held in trust for their daughter who has sided with her father, the appellate courts won't break the trusts because by doing so Switzerland becomes a much less friendly place to store money.
As a last resort he moves the assets back to Russia and no Swiss or EU court can touch it, and no Russian court will award her anything substantive.

This isn't over, Rybolovlev has a plan and will put it into action in order to protect his assets. Again, this is confirmed even in the article itself:

Quote:

But Mr Rybolovlev's lawyer, Tetiana Bersheda, said that the judgment's cash order was likely to be whittled down during the appeal process. “There will definitely be a new appellate review and therefore this judgment is not final given the existence of two levels of appeal in Switzerland,” she said.

This woman will walk away with a lot of money, but not $4.4 Billion.

[cooledcannon]

All this talk about being married in different countries... I think its sad that countries feel they have a right to interfere in what you do.

I dont think its fair that they are able to seize your assets or punish you in any way.

[PrimeTime32]

Yet some guys on this forum still want to get married.

[kdolo]

(05-20-2014 08:06 AM)Gringuito Wrote:  

(05-20-2014 07:36 AM)randomForest Wrote:  

With that kind of money at stake, quite frankly, I would just have her murdered.

It's like a kind of Laffer curve--at some point it really does become cheaper to nail the bitch rather than pay the settlement. And as a Russian oligarch I'd be shocked if he couldn't find some way to do her in without getting caught.

I know you're just joking but you don't murder the mother of your children.

Oh yeah ???

[peterfoo22]

(05-20-2014 09:24 AM)Ardbeg Wrote:  

Gentlemen, gentlemen, you're thinking about this the wrong way. Instead of calling her a bitch or feeling sorry for Rybolovlev, think of this as an opportunity. A newly minted billionaire in need of some male companionship is on the market!!

Yes, she is a bit old and haggard, but seducing her would increase your bankroll by a few zeros. Even with a prenup, any man who marries her and then subsequently divorces her should walk away with $50 to a $100 million.

I would agree with you on this one. The funny thing was my friend new this lady in LA she apparently was a wealthy Russian cougar lady.

She was apparently gotten wealthy through a divorce settlement from some real estate tycoon.

But the funny thing was she only dated guys under 30 and was willing to buy that person car, housing money, etc.

So yeah think of this as an opportunity if that's your sort of thing.

[Walderschmidt]

While I can see why some people immediately jump to a happy accident to the wife, I'd agree with Athlone. With a billion dollars, there's a lot of options for this man to keep most of it.

Wald