WHAT??? Ex-Wife Of Russia’s Richest Man Demands $15 Billion Settlement

Russia’s richest man, Vladimir Potanin, who runs the world's largest nickel producer, and his wife, Natalia Potanina divorced last year. At the time, Potanin offered his wife of 30 years a settlement including a monthly allowance of $250,000 (that's $3 million a year), as well as properties in Moscow, London, and New York. But Potanina says she deserves way more from the richest man in the country, worth an estimated $15.4 billion according to Russia's Forbes.

Natalia claims Potanin's real wealth is held in offshore companies, and she's launched an international legal battle to get hold of it, CNN reports. Under Russian law, anything acquired during marriage "should be divided equally" in a divorce. And Potanina is arguing that she deserves that half share.

Potanin, who has since remarried, had been planning to give away "at least" half of his wealth prior to the divorce. "I also see it as a way to protect my children from the burden of extreme wealth, which may deprive them of any motivation to achieve anything in life on their own," he said.