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LATEST NEWS & EVENTS Russian oligarch's divorce payout breaks records  A Russian oligarch has agreed to pay his ex-wife a record divorce settlement after admitting to "unreasonable behaviour". In a case that breaks new ground in family law, mediation and relationships, Boris Berezovsky will pay Gilina Besharova as much as £220 million. Although the parties have not disclosed the exact amount, it is understood his wife of 18 years will receive a significant portion of his estimated £550 million fortune. The previous record for a divorce payout in the UK was that of insurance broker John Charman, whose settlement with wife Beverly was £48 million. Sitting in the High Court Family Division, Mrs Justice Eleanor King said: "It is completely appropriate for me to approve this order and I am very happy to do so, and my congratulations to all concerned. "It does not matter whether the awards are thousands of pounds or hundreds of millions of pounds." Mr Berezovsky is a known opponent of Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin and fled to the UK after surviving an assassination attempt. Posted by Alex McLean 
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