In the interview Potanina implies that she will likely pursue her case in the U.K. courts, if, as expected, the Russian supreme court throws out her appeal against a previous Russian court’s curious ruling that her husband, listed by Forbes as the 78th richest man in the world, had no meaningful assets.

Potamina claims that she is being prevented from returning to her home or to Russia:

“It’s traditional. Deprive me of money and drive me out of the house… There are many people who end up in this situation. I guess this is true worldwide but especially in Russia. Our society is male dominated. The law is male. The ideology is male.”

However, whether she would actually ever be able to get her ex to pay up is another matter.

She should be entitled to half the fortune as they were both penniless students when they met, she explains,

I did not marry an oligarch who already owned factories and steamships. We lived in my parents’ apartment.

Meanwhile, Vladimir is reportedly building his third yacht.

Tough life.