Potanin’s ex-wife wants to sue half of his share in Norilsk Nickel
Natalya Potanina, the ex-wife of the main owner of the Norilsk Nickel company, Vladimir Potanin, who ranked second in the latest Forbes rating of the richest Russians (his fortune was estimated at $ 27 billion), intends to take away from the businessman 50% of his stake in mining and metallurgical company. This information was distributed by Bloomberg.
Potanina told reporters that, in addition to Norilsk Nickel shares, she also claims half of the dividends on the company’s shares since 2014. According to Bloomberg, during this period, Potanin received about 487.3 billion rubles (6.6 billion in US currency).
In addition, Potanina also wants to get half the cost of an expensive property, which was named “Autumn House”.
According to the ex-wife of the billionaire, she received about $ 40 million after a divorce in Russia, when, as Potanin stated, she received $ 84 million in the end.
In February of this year, Vladimir Potanin became the first Russian businessman to appear on the Forbes list, whose fortune exceeded $30 billion. This happened due to the growth of stock prices of the metallurgical giant.
Subsequently, a number of incidents that occurred at the facilities of Norilsk Nickel led to the fact that the owner of the company, Vladimir Potanin, fell from first to second place in the list of the wealthiest people in Russia.
