A High Court judge has ruled that a Russian billionaire, Farkad Akhmedov conspired with his son to try and stop his ex-wife from receiving her British record divorce settlement of £453 million.
In 2016 a UK court awarded Tatiana Akhmedova a 41.5 per cent share of her ex-husband’s fortune, the largest amount ever awarded in a divorce settlement in this country.
However, after he only handed over about £5 million, she launched further court action in a bid to claim the rest of the money.
The court heard how her former husband and his son, Temur Akhmedov, were believed to have conspired to hide hundreds of millions of pounds of assets through a variety of schemes which included several mansions, a superyacht, a helicopter and an extensive art collection.
The High Court ruled that Temur was a ‘dishonest individual who will do anything to assist his father’ and must now pay £75 million to his mother.
In the ruling the judge, Gwynneth Knowles said: “Temur has learned well from his father’s past conduct and has done and said all he could to prevent his mother receiving a penny of the matrimonial assets.
Knowles said in her ruling that the father and son had created a formidable smokescreen to conceal assets and that Tatiana Akhmedova has been the victim of a series of schemes designed to put every penny of the husband’s wealth beyond her reach.
A spokesman for Temur Akhmedov said he fundamentally disagreed with the ruling, but that he would consider it a price worth paying for should it lead to a reasonable settlement between the parents he both loves.
Speaking after the ruling Tatiana Akhmedova said her Russian billionaire husband’s failure to pay her the original divorce settlement had left a trail of destruction and pain in his wake.
“He has driven a vendetta born from his lies, that set out to destroy not only myself but sadly to try and drive a wedge between a mother and son.
“As a father, he has manipulated his parental responsibility, as a husband, he has dishonoured the role of being a good father and instead has sought to destroy and drive his vindictive propaganda to manipulate, mock and utilise the courts in England and overseas.
“Today’s judgment is the inevitable conclusion given Farkhad’s failure to behave honourably in the first instance.”
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