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Russian billionaire and Chelsea football club owner Roman Abramovich splits from wife

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Roman Abramovich and his wife Daria Zhukova have announced they are to separate after 10 years together.
  • Roman Abramovich announces split
  • Abramovich and Darya separate after ten years of marriage
  • Abramovich is worth £7BILLION
  • They have two children together

Russian billionaire and Chelsea football club owner Roman Abramovich and his wife, gallerist Darya or "Dasha" Zhukova, have separated, a spokesman for Abramovich confirmed to AFP.

"After 10 years together, the two of us have made the difficult decision to separate, but we remain close friends, parents, and partners in the projects we developed together," the two said in a statement sent to AFP Monday by Abramovich's spokesman John Mann.

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