Russian oligarch LOSES crucial battle to keep his ex-wife away from his millions

A Russian oligarch fighting Britain’s most expensive divorce has lost a crucial court battle to avoid paying his ex-wife more than £450m. Tatiana Akhmedov is involved in Britain's biggest divorce settlement worth £453m from her ex-husband Frakhad Akhmedov Oil and gas tycoon Akhmedov offered to pay his ex-wife £4million-a-year for life plus an £80million lump sum when he dies - but she turned it down, MailOnline can reveal The £353m yacht is being held at a port in Dubai while a legal battle rages over its ownership. ‘Three courts have now reached the conclusion that the only divorce granted to Ms Akhmedov was that finalised in London in 2016 and the Moscow City Court’s decision is closing the net on his increasingly desperate attempts to avoid accepting that reality.” When divorce proceedings began in London 63 year old Akhmedov, who made his fortune in oil and gas, produced documents to show he was already divorced. Akhmedov made two further offers to his ex-wife, which would also have made her the beneficiary of a £120million trust fund and allowed her to keep the £15million Surrey mansion called Somerton House as well as its contents of art and antiques worth £30million When the Akhmedovs were together they enjoyed lavish lifestyles flying around the world on private jets, staying in the finest hotels and with a lavish property portfolio As a result of their failure to agree a deal, the oil and gas tycoon's super yacht Luna has been seized by the court with its ownership due to be decided by a Sharia court in Dubai The pair have been locked in a legal battle since the ruling. This is an interim decision which has no bearing on the belief of Mr Akhmedov and his lawyers that the English High Court judgement was misguided and wrong.” Mr Akhmedov says he has given his ex-wife a home in Weybridge, Surrey enabling her to live like royalty, he says, with a full staff of housekeepers, gardeners and chauffeurs “What is at issue in the Russian proceedings is the whereabouts of critical court documents following what Mr Akhmedov believes were criminal actions by Tatiana and her agents to destroy evidence of the 2000 Russian divorce.