AKIPRESS.COM - A Russian billionaire has been ordered to pay his estranged wife £453m in a divorce settlement at a British court, BBC News reported.
The payment from the 61-year-old, a former oil and gas trader, to his ex-wife, 41, has been described as one of the biggest awards made by a UK court.
During a High Court hearing, a judge said the couple met and married in Moscow before moving to Surrey.
Mr Justice Haddon-Cave said he had awarded the woman 41.5% of the "total marital assets".
The judge made a ruling preventing the man, from the Caucasus, and the woman, who was born in Eastern Europe, from being identified.
Both were given indefinite leave to remain in the UK, where they have lived for a number of years.