Emma Garman

It was thus a matter of crushing disappointment to the nation’s tireless documentarians of extravagance when the divorce settlement paid to his second wife Irina, the mother of five of his children, which had promised to be the biggest in history, only just squeaked into the top five. Irina accepted $300 million, which Roman had completely forgotten was in the pocket of those jeans anyway.

As Putin controversially returns as Russian President, I profile his close pal Roman Abramovich, the multi-billionaire owner of Chelsea Football Club and defendant in the world’s biggest private litigation battle.