In October 2006, the English-language version of the Russian newspaper Pravda reported that Irina Abramovich (the wife of Russia’s richest man, Roman

In October 2006, the English-language version of the Russian newspaper Pravda reported that Irina Abramovich (the wife of Russia’s richest man, Roman Abramovich) was preparing a divorce which could theoretically have entitled her to receive $9 billion--approximately half of her husband’s estimated $18 billion personal fortune (although she had requested to be awarded all of his current estate).