Yesterday, the media reported that Irina Viner and Alisher Usmanov are getting divorced after 30 years of married life. The 68-year-old businessman filed for divorce from the 73-year-old coach of the Russian rhythmic gymnastics team in early May, and the day before, the first meeting of representatives of the two parties to the divorce proceedings took place.
Both sides at first did not comment on this news, but in the evening Irina Viner-Usmanova nevertheless gave a short comment to the press:
While there was a first hearing, then we will see. If everything is quiet and calm, if we agree on everything, then no comment,” she told RIA Novosti.
The hearing will take place on June 7th.
Alisher Usmanov and Irina Viner met in their youth at the Sports Palace in Tashkent: he went to fencing training, and she did rhythmic gymnastics. But they got married only in 1992, and before the wedding they met for 15 years. Irina has a son Anton from her first marriage, now he is 49 years old. The spouses do not have common children.
Usmanov is ranked seventh in the ranking of the richest people in Russia with a fortune of $ 11.5 billion. He is the president of the International Fencing Federation and a businessman, among his assets are Metalloinvest, Udokan copper, Megafon, JV AliExpress Russia and Ackermann Cement.
Irina Viner is a rhythmic gymnastics coach who raised many Olympic champions, including Alina Kabaeva, Margarita Mamun, Evgenia Kanaeva, the Averin sisters, and the head of the All-Russian Federation of Rhythmic Gymnastics.
Source: Hellomagazine
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