Saved? The new groom gave Daria Zhukova an engagement ring that was more modest than the one from Abramovich

How Roman became a billionaire

Roman was born in Saratov into a working-class family. At the age of 2, he lost his mother, and at 4, his father.

The boy was taken in by his uncle Leib. At the age of 8, he moved to Moscow to live with his second uncle Abram. There he graduates from high school and joins the army. After returning, Roman joins the ranks of students at the industrial institute. After a while, Abramovich dropped out of school. Remarkably, he never received higher education.

In the late 80s, he acquired the Uyut cooperative, which produced polymer toys. His attention then turns to oil trading. Further, thanks to his great connections, he becomes a co-owner of Sibneft, and after a while - the head of AVK. At the same time, he is the right hand and confidant of former Russian President Boris Yeltsin. He also finances his election campaign and pays the expenses of his close relatives.

At the end of the 90s, Abramovich's fortune was estimated at $14 billion. In the early 2000s, Roman became the governor of the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug. After some time, he buys out the English football club Chelsea. This event makes him famous throughout the world. Above all, Abramovich contributes to Russian football. The fund he created pays for trips, fees and all expenses of the coaching staff of the Russian national team.

At the moment, he ranks 10th among the richest people in Russia, according to Forbes magazine. His fortune today is estimated at $11.3 billion.

Next, we will talk about the personal life of Roman Abramovich.

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Stavros Niarchos III and Dasha Zhukova: love and calculation

The main social news of the day: the Greek millionaire, heir to a huge fortune, and simply a handsome man, Stavros Niarchos III, proposed to Dasha Zhukova. Let us remember that Dasha is the mother of two children, the founder of the Garage museum and the ex-wife of Roman Abramovich. What do we need to know about her new fiancé?

We are at a loss and don't know what to think. On the one hand, this couple does not look like a “couple” in the traditional sense. Dasha is a serious and responsible girl, she made a name for herself not as “Roman Abramovich’s friend,” but as a successful businesswoman. Thanks to her, Russia has a world-class exhibition space, and still, years after its opening, Garage is a real place of power for intellectuals and lovers of contemporary art (she is also involved in the opening of the New Holland project in St. Petersburg) .

Even her breakup with Roman Abramovich - unexpected and offensive, passed quietly and intelligently - Dasha managed to maintain friendly relations with her “ex”. Yes, Roman Abramovich left her one billion dollars - but, you see, not every wife left behind gets such a significant sum. In turn, Dasha does not interfere with Roman’s communication with his children - ten-year-old Aaron Alexander, and six-year-old Leah. And they still have a common business.

Dasha is 38 years old, she looks simply stunning, but the number of her novels can be counted on the fingers of one hand. She met Roman Abramovich when she was 26, they lived together for ten years. And what (or, more precisely, who) came before Roman? We only know about Dasha’s two-year relationship with Marat Safin. And it's all.

And what about Stavros Niarchos, her new fiancé? Firstly, he is four years younger than Dasha (although the age difference is arbitrary). Secondly, in his not very long life he never worked a single day. Heir to a billion-dollar fortune, grandson of a Greek shipping magnate, cousin of Athena Onassis, he spent his childhood and youth between Paris and New York, and even, they say, learned to direct (but ultimately did not make a single film). Dad and grandfather (Stavros Niarchos second and first, respectively) “unfastened” one hundred million dollars for him to live a prosperous life - and the guy burned this money at endless parties. His main hobbies are wakeboarding and girls, and the latter is “in the blood” of Stavros: his grandfather was only officially married five times!

Until recently, Stavros was attracted almost exclusively to blondes (which is quite understandable for a Greek), and, as a rule, to very famous blondes. His first “high-profile” romance was with actress Mary-Kate Olsen - he left her for Paris Hilton, and then “switched” to Lindsay Lohan (it seems to us that it was in that order, but not exactly). They say that Paris and Lindsay even fought for a place on Stavros' yacht.

The young Greek's parents did not approve of his affairs with Paris and Lindsay - and they can be understood. “In return” they offered him the Swedish princess Madeleine, but then Stavros rebelled: they obviously wanted to marry him to the new Grace Kelly, and he liked “bad girls” more. The “golden mean” turned out to be model Jessica Hart: Stavros seemed to have serious feelings for her. For at least the five years that they were together, we did not hear about his other novels - as a sign of the seriousness of the relationship, this handsome man even cut off his luxurious curls.

But then Dasha appeared... A divorced brunette with two children. Russian, really - and few can resist the charm of Russian women. So Stavros couldn’t - he broke up with his model in order to be first “just a friend” for Dasha, and then someone more. But to get married? This is a big step for the young playboy, and we think we know the reason. Firstly, Dasha is an adult - and it’s not a matter of age, but in her attitude to life - and Stavros has matured next to her. Secondly, she doesn’t need his millions, she has enough of her own. Thirdly, she is the same girl who is not ashamed to introduce her to her parents, take her to the opera, or start a joint business with her. The ideal bride, in a word.

But if we were Dasha, we would think more.

The billionaire's first wife is Olga Lysova

The first wife of Roman Abramovich was Olga Lysova. The girl is a native of Astrakhan. Born into a family of party workers. At the time of her acquaintance with Abramovich, Olga already had a little daughter, Anastasia, born from her former lover, a local theater actor.

Possible reasons for the divorce of Abramovich and Zhukova

There are no less rumors and gossip around the story of their separation than there are around their life together, which ended after 10 years. 50-year-old Abramovich and 36-year-old Zhukova, although they attended social events and were often captured by paparazzi, always tried to keep personal things secret from the curious, TV Center reports. Journalists learned about the wedding only a few years later, when the couple’s son Aaron and daughter Leah were already growing up. About the divorce - a few dry lines from the official statement: “After 10 years of marriage, we made the difficult decision to leave, but we remain close friends, parents of two wonderful children and partners in projects that we started and developed together.”

Joint projects include the Garage Museum of Contemporary Art in Moscow and the cultural center on New Holland Island in St. Petersburg. As a gallery owner, Zhukova became famous precisely after she became the oligarch’s girlfriend. Abramovich spared no money in sponsoring her art projects. The total value of the masterpieces of world art that he acquired for Garage is estimated at hundreds of millions of dollars. The collection of paintings by Ilya Kabakov alone is worth 60 million. Just a week ago, the couple were seen together in New Holland.

“I think, after all, this is a schedule. Regardless of whether people are successful or unsuccessful, everyone wants care, warmth and to feel a person at arm’s length, next to them. People have different schedules, different lives. And I assume that, most likely, this was the reason for the separation,” said gossip journalist Sasha Klein.

They met in 2005, when both were not free. Daria Zhukova met and broke up with tennis player Marat Safin. Roman Abramovich was married to Irina Malandina, raised five children and outwardly seemed like an exemplary family man. This was his second marriage. The first one lasted only 3 years. Flight attendant Malandina married an aspiring entrepreneur, and 16 years later she left a billionaire who was on the list of the richest people in the world. Their divorce could be the most expensive yet. Irina turned to one of the best law firms in the UK. The woman could claim the largest divorce payment, half of Abramovich's fortune - 10 and a half billion US dollars. But the couple were able to reach an agreement without litigation. Irina received generous compensation, luxurious real estate, including castles and estates around the world. And even the right to use her ex-husband’s private jet. With Daria, lawyers are sure, it will be a completely different story. Not loud at all.

“There will be no trial at all. The legal consequences, as far as I know, were decided many years ago, when these people got married, a marriage contract was drawn up,” said lawyer Alexander Dobrovinsky.

According to some reports, it was precisely because of the long discussion of the terms of the marriage contract that Zhukova and Abramovich, who were in love with each other, did not get married right away. Rumors about their separation began to regularly appear in the press starting in 2009. They tried to attribute love stories to her with art dealer Vito Schnabel, glamorous New York journalist Derek Blasberg and even Leonardo DiCaprio. All the rumors were mainly based on photographs taken by the paparazzi - here they hugged too tightly, here they even kissed. True, Zhukova herself posted a lot of stories with the same American columnist on social networks. There are even more photographs of her together with Derek Blasberg than with her husband. At all holidays and parties they are inseparable. In some shots, Blasberg poses next to Zhukova in pajamas. And all this is on display for everyone to see.

Abramovich has recently been credited with an affair with 40-year-old ballerina of the Mariinsky Theater Diana Vishneva. Officially, however, not confirmed.

The billionaire himself is now busy combining several townhouses in New York into one large mansion. They say he wants to create something like a family estate. Now, after the announcement of the separation from Zhukova, there are two main questions on the social agenda: who will become the mistress of it and whether this divorce will be more expensive than the previous one.

Second wife – Irina Malandina

Roman Abramovich met his second wife when he flew to Germany on business. Irina Malandina worked as a flight attendant. The girl got a job at Aeroflot through connections. Thanks to her great family connections, Irina was immediately accepted on international flights. The girl was very modest and did not enjoy the attention of men. But still, luck smiled on her.

One of the flight attendants said that Roman often flew to Germany. During the flight, he flirted with many of the flight attendants and handed out his business cards left and right. According to her, it seemed that he didn’t care who he hit. None of the flight attendants reciprocated his feelings. When Roman handed the business card to Irina, she smiled. After 2 months, the girl announced that she was marrying him.

The relationship developed rapidly. Roman filed for divorce from Olga and married Irina. This was in the early 90s. Little is known about the girl. Journalists only managed to find out from her uncle that Irina was originally going to marry an Orthodox priest, but abruptly changed her mind. It is also known that the girl’s father, Vyacheslav, died when she was 2 years old.

In their marriage, Irina and Roman had 5 children. Their couple was considered indicative and strong. The marital relationship lasted 16 years until Roman met another woman.

According to Irina, she was slightly upset that she was breaking up with Abramovich, since she was tired of life in constant tension. The girl admitted that they often had to change phone numbers and move from place to place. And even despite the presence of security, she was still afraid that her children might be kidnapped.

The divorce took place without scandals. Irina and Roman agreed amicably. After the official separation, Abramovich left his ex-wife:

£5.5 billion;
2 luxury yachts;
4 villas in the UK;
an estate in West Sussex;
castle in France;
2 apartments in London with a total value of $19 million;
private plane.

Irina Malandina

After the divorce, Irina began dating Vladimir Kekhman, the owner of Russia’s largest banana import company. Some time later the couple separated. The “Banana King” married socialite Ida Lolo. Recently, a girl gave him a daughter, Anastasia.

Irina carefully hides her personal life.

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Is Daria Zhukova hiding her pregnancy from Roman Abramovich?

Western photographers filmed Roman Abramovich's walk with his girlfriend Daria Zhukova in the fashionable Spanish resort of Marbella. They came to the conclusion that Daria was hiding her pregnancy under a baggy sweater.

Let us remember that Daria Zhukova, with whom the Russian oligarch has been dating for many years, gave birth to his son Aaron in 2009. During this walk, the paparazzi noticed that Roman Arkadyevich was especially affectionate towards Daria, although he did not like any display of “calf tenderness” in public. Daria is probably pregnant for the second time. How else can you explain that the girl was wearing such a baggy brown sweater? Photographers also noted that Roman Abramovich was incredibly cheerful on that walk.

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Abramovich's third wife - Daria Zhukova

Abramovich’s third wife is a representative of the “golden youth” - the daughter of oilman Alexander Zhukov and microbiologist Elena Zhukova. Immediately after Daria's birth, her parents divorced. Daria's mother was offered a job in Santa Barbara, where they hastily moved. When Dasha came of age, she moved to live in London with her father and received British citizenship.

After some time, the girl and her dad went to a party in honor of one of Chelsea's victories. There he introduced his daughter to Roman Abramovich. At that time, Daria was dating the famous tennis player Marat Safin. Not paying attention to the fact that the man was married and raised 5 children, the girl began dating him.

Abramovich divorced Irina and married Daria. However, this union also turned out to be unsuccessful. Rumor has it that the couple separated because of Dasha's affairs. She was first spotted in the company of Leonardo DiCaprio. Afterwards, the paparazzi photographed her in the company of the American art dealer Waito Schnabel, and later with the writer Derek Blasberg. That is, immediately after the wedding she began to lead a wild lifestyle.

Daria gave birth to Abramovich two children - a daughter and a son. After the divorce, Roman left his ex-wife $7 billion, 4 yachts and 2 apartments in London.

Currently, Daria is married to Greek businessman Stavros Niarchos. Nothing is known about the life of Roman Abramovich, although he was more than once noticed in the company of famous beauties - socialite Nadezhda Obolontseva, actress Yulia Peresild, ballerina Diana Vishneva, journalist Anna Subbotina, etc. However, for some reason, Roman went beyond short-term romances and short-lived affairs doesn't want to come in.

Saved? The new groom gave Daria Zhukova an engagement ring that was more modest than the one from Abramovich

Daria Zhukova and Stavros Niarchos. Photo: Instagram.

Rumors about the engagement of Roman Abramovich's ex-wife and Greek billionaire Stavros Niarchos have been circulating since the beginning of summer. 38-year-old Daria did not comment on them in any way, and now she has finally decided to show the ring that her boyfriend gave her for her engagement. True, not herself - a photo of the jewelry appeared on the Instagram of her friend, American actress Sarah Foster.

“Nothing but two newly minted brides pretending that they are very happy for each other,” Sarah wittily captioned the photo, photographing Daria and her sister Erin, who was also getting ready to walk down the aisle.

In the photo, Erin and Daria show off their rings on their ring fingers. Photo: Instagram.

True, if you remember what kind of ring Roman Abramovich once presented to his wife, the Greek’s gift immediately fades. At the dawn of her marriage to the oligarch, Daria appeared in the world with jewelry that was much larger in size and cost than Niarchos’ present. On Zhukova’s finger at that time there was a ring with a rectangular diamond of truly gigantic proportions. Daria proudly showed off her jewelry to the camera - then the status of the wife of one of the richest men in Russia did not yet weigh heavily on her. In the photo, the girls show off their rings on their ring fingers. The diamond in Daria Zhukova’s ring is impressive in size – Stavros clearly tried to give his beloved a worthy gift.

At the dawn of her marriage to the oligarch, Daria appeared in the world with jewelry that was much larger in size and cost than Niarchos’ present.

Photo: EAST NEWS

The ring that Abramovich gave Daria for her engagement.

Photo: EAST NEWS

Over time, Daria’s taste changed: she increasingly preferred the restrained style of European and American rich people to outfits in the “expensive-rich” style beloved by the wives of Russian oligarchs. And the ring with a diamond “cobblestone” from Abramovich slowly disappeared from her finger. It is not known what happened to the jewelry, but it is unlikely that such a wealthy person as Roman Arkadyevich would demand that the engagement ring be returned to him during a divorce.

Let us remember that 34-year-old Stavros Niarchos is the heir to a shipbuilding company owned by the richest family in Greece, which can compete with the Onassis in the size of its fortune. Stavros and Daria live in New York. In July, Western media reported that Zhukova and Niarchos were engaged. Now the couple is preparing for the wedding, which will take place this year. It is reported that Stavros proposed marriage to Daria in June. At the same time, the couple decided to hide the engagement from the general public.

- They should get married this year. For now, they are working out all the details,” a source close to the couple told PageSix.

Daria loved to show off the gift from her husband at parties.

Photo: EAST NEWS

On Zhukova’s finger at that time there was a ring with a rectangular diamond of truly gigantic proportions.

Photo: EAST NEWS

The fact that the oligarch broke up with his second wife Daria Zhukova, the mother of his two children Aaron and Leah, became known in August 2017. After the divorce, the oligarch was credited with having affairs with several star beauties, starting with ballerina Diana Vishneva and ending with actress Yulia Peresild. Abramovich remained on excellent terms with Zhukova - from time to time they appear together at cultural and charitable events.

After the divorce, Daria exchanged Moscow and Foggy Albion for America and settled in New York. Abramovich's former life partner managed to make friends with the entire Hollywood elite. Among her close friends are actresses Gwyneth Paltrow, Dakota Johnson and supermodel Karlie Kloss. Zhukova had known Stavros Niarchos for many years, but only at the end of 2020 they began to go out as a couple. By the way, in his early youth, Stavros dated the famous party girl Paris Hilton and was even engaged to her.