The spouse of a Russian oligarch who hid her £1million purse assortment through the high-stakes divorce battle value tens of tens of millions has been accused of main the court docket ‘on a merry dance’ by the decide.
Elsina Khayrova, 36, who’s a former mannequin and the daughter of a Russian MP, and her husband Dmitry Tsetkov, 42, have been concerned in a bitter struggle over the property value tens of millions of kilos, the Telegraph studies.
The pair break up final yr after greater than a decade of marriage when Ms Khayrova requested her husband for a divorce.
They’ve property together with a plethora of properties, amongst that are a £22million mansion on the Wentworth property in Surrey in addition to homes in London value £18million.
Additionally they maintain properties in each Dubai and Cyprus alongside their automobile, jewelry and artwork collections value tens of millions of kilos.
Elsina Khayrova (pictured), 36, who’s a former mannequin and the daughter of a Russian MP, and her husband Dmitry Tsetkov, 42, have been concerned in a bitter struggle over the property value tens of millions of kilos
The court docket was additionally advised how Mr Tsvetkov (pictured), an entrepreneur who first got here to the UK in 2004 and was granted a British passport and indefinite go away to stay 5 years later, hasn’t been capable of make ‘significant sums of cash’ since June 2022
As a part of their property, Ms Khayrova failed to incorporate her massive purse assortment of greater than 150 baggage value almost £1million.
Throughout a listening to in February this yr, she lied and mentioned she solely owned about 20 purses and reiterated that misinform the court docket in Might 2023.
In line with the decide, she additionally ‘downplayed the baggage’, saying it might be disproportionate to even have them valued.
Mr Justice Peel mentioned in his judgement handed down on the Excessive Courtroom that the case had been ‘contaminated by [Ms Khayrova’s] dishonesty from begin to end’.
He added that she ‘led the court docket on a merry dance about purses’ by mendacity in regards to the property.
Ms Khayrova is the daughter of Rinat Khayrov, a Russian politician who labored within the nation’s ministry of defence earlier than being elected to parliament in 2011, the place he served till 2021.
When she separated from her husband in 2020, Ms Khayrova rapidly prevented Mr Tsvetkov’s entry to their household financial institution accounts and credit playing cards, the court docket heard.
She additionally transferred a few of their properties in Cyprus into her mom’s title, which the decide mentioned was an ‘apparent try’ to take property from her husband’s attain.
Mr Justice Peel dominated that the ‘higher duty for this costly litigation’ fell to Ms Khayrova (pictured left), who was ordered to pay half of her husband’s £1,761,488 authorized invoice
As a part of their helpful jewelry assortment, the pair proprietor funding grade diamons and a Patek Phillipe watch, which had been saved in a Protected Deposit field at Harrods.
The important thing to the field had Mr Tsvetkov, however Ms Khayrova satisfied workers on the retailer that the keys had been misplaced and bought a set for herself with out telling her husband and later omitting the gadgets from proof, the Excessive Courtroom was advised.
The court docket was additionally advised how Mr Tsvetkov, an entrepreneur who first got here to the UK in 2004 and was granted a British passport and indefinite go away to stay 5 years later, hasn’t been capable of make ‘significant sums of cash’ since June 2022.
This is because of Ms Khayrova blocking his entry to the household financial institution accounts, the court docket heard.
However Mr Justice Peel mentioned he was optimistic that ‘intelligent, resourceful and well-connected’ Mr Tsvetkov would quickly be capable to begin buying and selling once more.
Ms Khayrova, then again, didn’t work through the marriage and tried establishing a espresso enterprise through the divorce proceedings which had failed.
‘There isn’t a actual indication that her subsequent enterprise proposition, a non-public members’ magnificence membership, is more likely to be financially fruitful,’ the decide mentioned.
Mr Justice Peel dominated that the ‘higher duty for this costly litigation’ fell to Ms Khayrova, who was ordered to pay half of her husband’s £1,761,488 authorized invoice.
