Divorce

Russia’s Ombudsman reports rise in family rights protection complaints in 2020

15:10 14/08/2020 The number of applications concerning protection of family, motherhood, fatherhood and childhood rights filed with the Office of Russia’s High Commissioner of Human Rights in the first half of 2020 increased twice as compared to the same period of the previous year, federal ombudsman Tatiana Moskalkova said during the Rights and Responsibility of Fathers roundtable on Friday.

Russians sign marital agreements twice as frequently - notaries

16:32 06/05/2020 The number of concluded marital agreements increased twice in the first half of April, the Federal Notary Chamber told RAPSI on Wednesday.

Putin signs bill to protect minors’ housing rights after parents’ divorce into law

00:08 07/02/2020 President of Russia Vladimir Putin has signed a bill introducing new safeguards with respect to housing rights of children of divorcing couples into the Russian Family Code into law.

State Duma leans toward protection of minors’ housing rights after parents’ divorce

16:11 23/01/2020 A bill introducing new safeguards with respect to housing rights of children of divorcing couples into the Russian Family Code passed its third and final reading in the lower house of parliament, the State Duma, on Thursday.

Russian MPs strive to better protect minors’ housing rights after parents’ divorce

17:07 05/12/2019 The Russian lower house of parliament passed a bill introducing new safeguards with respect to housing rights of children of divorcing couples into the Russian Family Code, in the first reading on Thursday.

Russian government seeks better protection of minors’ housing rights in divorce rules

11:55 09/10/2019 The Russian government has presented a bill introducing new safeguards with respect to housing rights of children of divorcing couples into the Russian Family Code, to the State Duma.

Potanina loses $15 bln claim against billionaire ex-husband

14:50 27/07/2017 The Presnensky District Court of Moscow dismissed a lawsuit lodged by Natalia Potanina seeking to collect 849.2 billion rubles (about $15 billion) from her ex-husband, billionaire Vladimir Potanin.

Refusal to recover $1.4 mln from Potanin’s ex-wife in favor of Eco Invest upheld

12:55 15/06/2017 The Moscow City Court has upheld a lower court’s refusal to collect over 78 million rubles ($1.4 million at the current exchange rate) in damages from Natalia Potanina, the ex-wife of billionaire Vladimir Potanin, in favor of Eco Invest company.

Moscow court refuses to recover $4 bln from billionaire Potanin in favor of his ex-wife

13:52 25/05/2017 Moscow’s Presnensky District Court on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit lodged by Natalia Potanina demanding to collect 215 billion rubles (about $4 billion at the current exchange rate) from her ex-husband, billionaire Vladimir Potanin, her lawyer told RAPSI.

Billionaire Potanin’s ex-wife seeks $15 billion from former spouse

11:55 23/05/2017 Natalia Potanina has filed another lawsuit seeking to recover 849.2 billion rubles (about $15 billion at current rate) from her ex-husband, billionaire Vladimir Potanin.

Russian tycoon Chigirinsky accuses his ex-wife’s business partner of aiding fraud

16:00 04/02/2016 Russian tycoon Shalva Chigirinsky who has brought a legal action against his ex-wife Tatiana Panchenkova claims that her long-standing business partner Aleksander Smukler abetted and aided an alleged fraud.

Potanin’s ex-wife’s appeal over companies’ stock set for January 22

17:26 21/01/2016 The Moscow City Court will hear on January 22 an appeal filed by Natalia Potanina, the ex-wife of billionaire Vladimir Potanin, against a lower court’s refusal to divide shares of Norilsk Nickel Interros International companies between ex-spouses.

Former Sakhalin governor’s spouse files for divorce, division of property

12:24 16/09/2015 The wife of Alexander Khoroshavin, former governor of the Sakhalin Region who stands charged with large-scale embezzlement, filed for divorce and division of property.

Russian billionaire Potanin’s, ex-wife’s assets divided

17:28 10/07/2015 The Presnensky District Court of Moscow has issued a ruling in a case on dividing the assets of Norilsk Nickel owner, Vladimir Potanin, and his ex-wife, Natalia.

Billionaire Potanin’s ex-wife’s claim to his property set for July 1

12:46 29/05/2015 Moscow’s Presnensky District Court has set July 1 as the date for a preliminary hearing of a lawsuit filed by Natalia Potanina, ex-wife of Russian tycoon Vladimir Potanin, seeking to divide the ex-couple’s property.

Russian billionaire Potanin clashes with ex-wife over assets worth $100 mln

16:27 19/01/2015 Moscow's Presnensky District Court is set to consider a request to split marital assets worth $100 million between Russian billionaire Vladimir Potanin and his ex-wife, Natalia Potanina.

Alleged ex-wife to sue Georgian ex-prime minister

15:55 15/12/2014 Inga Pavlova who claims to be the ex-wife of former prime minister of Georgia, Bidzina Ivanishvili, intends to sue him for using her documents for his own profit.

Cyprus court dismisses billionaire Potanin’s ex-wife’s claim to his property

13:41 27/10/2014 A Cyprus court has dismissed a lawsuit filed by former wife of Norilsk Nickel CEO Vladimir Potanin, Natalya Potanina, laying claim for her ex-husbands property, Potanina’s press office told RAPSI on Monday.

Potanin’s ex-wife files counter-claim in property dispute

14:57 08/10/2014 The former wife of Interros president and Norilsk Nickel general director, Vladimir Potanin, addressed Moscow’s Presnensky court with a counter-claim, asking the court to divide the ex-couple’s property, her representative Filipp Ryabchenko told RAPSI.

Court reduces Berlusconi’s alimony payments to 2 million euros - report

12:19 16/09/2014 An appeals court in Milan has ruled that the monthly alimony payments by ex-Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to his divorced wife Veronica Lario be reduced by one third, to 2 million euros, RIA Novosti writes, citing Corriere della Sera newspaper.

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