Columnist claims she had relationship with Abramovich

Divorced mother-of-one Anna Subbotina claims the oligarch seduced her on his yacht following his separation from second wife Irina Malandina and before his relationship with third wife Dasha Zhukova

A Russian columnist has revealed details of her alleged relationship with billionaire Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich in a tell-all book.

Divorced mother-of-one Anna Subbotina claims the oligarch seduced her on his yacht following his separation from second wife Irina Malandina and before his relationship with third wife Dasha Zhukova.

However, these claims have not been confirmed by Abramovich.

Details of the ‘romance’ are revealed in Subbotina’s book, Anna’s Tales, which features an oligarch named Romanovich, The Sun reported.   

Speaking in an interview quoted by the paper, Subbotina described the billionaire as ‘very sentimental’, and claimed he had once bought a flat for a woman after she experienced a personal tragedy.

‘A year before meeting Roman I went through a very tough divorce,’ she said.

‘I went through a nervous breakdown and spent a year in hospitals.

‘Abramovich was touched by it. Also I fell in love with him which he definitely felt.’ 

News of the alleged fling comes days after the 50-year-old billionaire announced his shock split from 36-year-old art collector Zhukova, with whom he has two children, after nine years of marriage. 

The split is claimed to come after the couple argued over their plans for New Holland, an island they took over in the centre of St Petersburg.

Details of the 'romance' are revealed in Subbotina's book, Anna's Tales, which features an oligarch named Romanovich, The Sun reported

Details of the ‘romance’ are revealed in Subbotina’s book, Anna’s Tales, which features an oligarch named Romanovich, The Sun reported

The couple planned to turn the island, which is separated from the rest of the historic city by three canals, into a tourist attraction, but had very different dreams for how it would turn out, entrepreneur Anton Vuima said.

They have reportedly been living ‘separate lives’ since Christmas, with Dasha being photographed holidaying with US socialites in the Hamptons, while Abramovich attended events in Russia alone.

Rumours swirl in Moscow over whether Zhukova had already been paid off by her older husband – who is worth an estimated £7billion – or whether lawyers are quietly gearing up for what would be one of the biggest divorces in history. 

On the pair’s public rows, Mr Viuma told Kommersant FM radio: ‘They had a big conflict, I simply know about it and saw it in New Holland.

Speaking in an interview quoted by the paper, Subbotina described the billionaire as 'very sentimental', and claimed he had once bought a flat for a woman after she experienced a personal tragedy

Speaking in an interview quoted by the paper, Subbotina described the billionaire as ‘very sentimental’, and claimed he had once bought a flat for a woman after she experienced a personal tragedy

News of the alleged fling comes days after the 50-year-old billionaire announced his shock split from 36-year-old art collector Dasha Zhukova (pictured together at the inauguration of the Punta Della Dogana Gallery) with whom he has two children, after nine years of marriage

News of the alleged fling comes days after the 50-year-old billionaire announced his shock split from 36-year-old art collector Dasha Zhukova (pictured together at the inauguration of the Punta Della Dogana Gallery) with whom he has two children, after nine years of marriage

‘Abramovich bought it and they found it hard to divide it. Daria wanted a disco place there, in open air Ibiza style.

‘But Roman wanted to build a cultural centre, restaurants and create a kind of a small Europe, which is what happened in the end.

‘They argued really badly over it, even in public in New Holland. It happened three or four times.’

It followed claims by Russian society blogger Elena Miro that famously private Abramovich and Zhukova had already organised a secret divorce deal back in May.

Moscow lawyer Dmitry Golobolev estimated that Zhukova could get between 200 to 300 million dollars, a fraction of her husband’s estimated wealth.

In a joint statement, the couple said: ‘After ten 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.’  

Roman Abramovich is best known as the billionaire owner of Chelsea

Roman Abramovich is best known as the billionaire owner of Chelsea

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