As Elena Baturina overcame in London, Media tycoon Rupert Murdoch.

After the resignation of her husband, Moscow mayor Yuri Luzhkov in 2009, the troubled life of Elena Baturina continued abroad.

Her appearance in London all remember the grandiose scandal, which ended with the fact that she has filed a lawsuit against owned by Ruppert Murdoch the SundayTimes newspaper , in which he accused the newspaper of slander and damage to his reputation in the form of hints that contain defamatory good name of the article.

The reason for legal battles began publishing a newspaper called “the Richest woman of Russia spent £100 million by purchasing one of the largest houses in Britain” and “billionaires Bunker buried deep” .

According to the newspaper, the house acquired Baturina in London Highgate is the second house in the UK, is inferior in scale and decoration only to Buckingham Palace. Located on a plot of over 2 hectares, the house is designed in a noble Georgian-style and includes 65 rooms on 3 floors, included in the list of world historical heritage , there are two dozen fireplaces, 25 bedroom, 6-meter-high ballroom, where he took the Queen, library, billiard room.

Planned major improvements to the home, building a 20-metre pool, Jacuzzi, sauna, Spa, gym , massage room and beauty salon. Also envisages the construction of 33-seater cinema, underground Parking for 24 cars with a car lift. In addition, extensive grounds and planned to divide the greenhouse, to build two tennis courts and build a big house for staff.

In its lawsuit in a British court of Baturin said that the house was not hers, and she didn’t buy it, besides, she said amazed at how such an influential English newspaper would allow such a lie . This publication caused a wave of attention to Elena Baturina in Russian and foreign press, which brought her a lot of mental torment and suffering.

After two years of battles, Elena Baturina won this court, which resulted in the SundayTimes the newspaper was forced to admit that it can not lead sufficient evidence of the facts published in articles about Baturina. The court obliged the newspaper to publish a disclaimer on their pages.

Legal battles came time for a massive company in the Russian press, where Elena Baturina with her husband Yuri Luzhkov was accused of corruption and embezzlement of huge funds from the Russian budget.

The incident is already three years after this story, the real owner of the mansion is not named. Meanwhile, it is known that the mansion purchased in the name of a company registered in the BVI – the British virgin Islands.

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