A Russian oligarch who had a secret second family has been ordered to hand over £100million in cash and houses to his ex–wife.
Mikhail Kroupeev, a naturalised British citizen, wed Elena Kroupeeva in Russia in 1988 and they moved to the UK in 1993.
But their marriage fell apart in 2023 when Ms Kroupeeva discovered her husband had another wife and child in Russia. The child was born around 2008.
The couple, who have two children, have been in dispute over finances since 2024, pending their divorce.
In June last year, a court heard Mr Kroupeev’s business empire included a company with a ‘contract
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