Russia’s Richest Man Potanin Bids To Dodge Massive UK Divorce Claim
- Vladimir Potanin facing at least $5 billion claim from ex-wife
- UK’s top court to decide if London is best place to hear case
Vladimir Potanin
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Russia’s richest man, Vladimir Potanin, took the dispute with his ex-wife to the UK’s top court in a bid to avoid facing one of the world’s largest divorce claims, as he warned against the “generosity” of the English courts.
Lawyers for the sanctioned billionaire asked Supreme Court judges on Tuesday to overturn a previous ruling that cleared the way for Natalia Potanina to renew her multilbillion dollar claim in London. Potanin has a net worth of $29.3 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.