Saved? The new groom gave Daria Zhukova an engagement ring that was more modest than the one from Abramovich
Daria Zhukova and Stavros Niarchos. Photo: Instagram.
Rumors about the engagement of Roman Abramovich's ex-wife and Greek billionaire Stavros Niarchos have been circulating since the beginning of summer. 38-year-old Daria did not comment on them in any way, and now she has finally decided to show the ring that her boyfriend gave her for her engagement. True, not herself - a photo of the jewelry appeared on the Instagram of her friend, American actress Sarah Foster.
“Nothing but two newly minted brides pretending that they are very happy for each other,” Sarah wittily captioned the photo, photographing Daria and her sister Erin, who was also getting ready to walk down the aisle.
In the photo, Erin and Daria show off their rings on their ring fingers. Photo: Instagram.
True, if you remember what kind of ring Roman Abramovich once presented to his wife, the Greek’s gift immediately fades. At the dawn of her marriage to the oligarch, Daria appeared in the world with jewelry that was much larger in size and cost than Niarchos’ present. On Zhukova’s finger at that time there was a ring with a rectangular diamond of truly gigantic proportions. Daria proudly showed off her jewelry to the camera - then the status of the wife of one of the richest men in Russia did not yet weigh heavily on her. In the photo, the girls show off their rings on their ring fingers. The diamond in Daria Zhukova’s ring is impressive in size – Stavros clearly tried to give his beloved a worthy gift.
At the dawn of her marriage to the oligarch, Daria appeared in the world with jewelry that was much larger in size and cost than Niarchos’ present.
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The ring that Abramovich gave Daria for her engagement.
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Over time, Daria’s taste changed: she increasingly preferred the restrained style of European and American rich people to outfits in the “expensive-rich” style beloved by the wives of Russian oligarchs. And the ring with a diamond “cobblestone” from Abramovich slowly disappeared from her finger. It is not known what happened to the jewelry, but it is unlikely that such a wealthy person as Roman Arkadyevich would demand that the engagement ring be returned to him during a divorce.
Let us remember that 34-year-old Stavros Niarchos is the heir to a shipbuilding company owned by the richest family in Greece, which can compete with the Onassis in the size of its fortune. Stavros and Daria live in New York. In July, Western media reported that Zhukova and Niarchos were engaged. Now the couple is preparing for the wedding, which will take place this year. It is reported that Stavros proposed marriage to Daria in June. At the same time, the couple decided to hide the engagement from the general public.
- They should get married this year. For now, they are working out all the details,” a source close to the couple told PageSix.
Daria loved to show off the gift from her husband at parties.
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On Zhukova’s finger at that time there was a ring with a rectangular diamond of truly gigantic proportions.
Photo: EAST NEWS
The fact that the oligarch broke up with his second wife Daria Zhukova, the mother of his two children Aaron and Leah, became known in August 2017. After the divorce, the oligarch was credited with having affairs with several star beauties, starting with ballerina Diana Vishneva and ending with actress Yulia Peresild. Abramovich remained on excellent terms with Zhukova - from time to time they appear together at cultural and charitable events.
After the divorce, Daria exchanged Moscow and Foggy Albion for America and settled in New York. Abramovich's former life partner managed to make friends with the entire Hollywood elite. Among her close friends are actresses Gwyneth Paltrow, Dakota Johnson and supermodel Karlie Kloss. Zhukova had known Stavros Niarchos for many years, but only at the end of 2020 they began to go out as a couple. By the way, in his early youth, Stavros dated the famous party girl Paris Hilton and was even engaged to her.
Daria Zhukova's billionaire husband celebrated his 35th birthday in an unusual way and surprised the audience
Daria Zhukova’s current husband, Stavros Niarchos, did not violate quarantine and celebrated his 35th birthday at home, NUR.KZ reports.
Daria Zhukova and Stavros Niarchos. Photo: instagram.com/dasha: Instagram
The heir to the shipping magnate and the new chosen one of Daria Zhukova, Stavros Niarchos, turned 35 years old. In honor of the significant event, the billionaire did not organize a traditionally noisy celebration. Stavros acted responsibly and remained in his home in New York, organizing video communications with friends.
Footage from the cozy celebration was published by the wife of the birthday boy, Daria Zhukova. In the video, Stavros accepts congratulations from friends, and then blows out the candles on a small birthday cake.
Many were pleasantly surprised by the couple's decision. It’s no secret that Stavros is known as an avid fan of noisy parties and could certainly organize a private party with friends. However, this time the man decided to act in a disciplined manner, did not violate the quarantine and stayed at home with his beloved.
Dasha Zhukova’s new novel: who is Roman Abramovich’s ex-wife dating?
Recently, the news about the divorce of the once strong and influential couple Dasha Zhukova and Roman Abramovich put the entire high society and gossips on their ears. Still wondering about the reasons for the separation, the tabloids are already writing about the former couple’s new romances. Read in our material about Dasha Zhukova’s new lover.
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Let us remind you that after 10 years of relationship, Dasha Zhukova and Roman Abramovich broke up. Previously, we published a psychic’s forecast for the future of the former couple and, as expected, the prospects for Zhukova and Abramovich are still bright, although they are no longer together.
So, now they are discussing Dasha Zhukova’s new novel. Chroniclers write about a rumor that Dasha is dating billionaire Stavros Niarchos. Zhukova has long been friends with the heir to a large Greek dynasty, but now it seems that the relationship has changed status. Bozhena Rynska even hinted about their romance on her social network page.
I don't know who cheated who. But Dasha has been in love with another guy for three months now. He is handsome and big-nosed. Like young Abramovich, but taller.
After these words, everyone started talking about Stavros Niarchos. For reference: he is the heir to the empire, a representative of the Niarchos clan. His mother is a descendant of the Guinness family; on his father’s side, Stavros is listed as a second cousin of Athena Onassis. Formally, he is involved in family affairs, but Stavros is most interested in cinema. Previously, he had relationships with Lindsay Lohan, Mary-Kate Olsen, and Paris Hilton. And now the media is inclined to believe that Stavros Niarchos is having an affair with Dasha Zhukova, especially since she is no longer associated with Roman Abramovich.
But time will tell if the rumors are true. And now they are discussing rumors about Ksenia Sobchak’s second pregnancy.
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Roman Abramovich and Daria Zhukova announced their divorce
The parents of two children decided to separate after ten years of marriage, but remain friends.
Billionaire Roman Abramovich and his wife Daria Zhukova have decided to separate, the couple said in a joint statement received by RBC.
“After 10 years of marriage, we made the difficult decision to separate, but we remain close friends, parents of two wonderful children and partners in projects that we started and developed together,” the statement said.
The story about Cinderella meeting an oligarch at a gas station is not about Daria Zhukova. She found her destiny in the form of one of the richest people in Russia at a football match in Barcelona, where she came with her father, businessman Alexander Zhukov, owner of several large companies. Then young Dasha was considered a bright representative of the golden youth - the girl bathed in parental love and had affairs with the most eligible suitors, including the son of the Dukes of Kent, Freddie Windsor. At the time of her meeting with Abramovich, Zhukova was dating tennis player Marat Safin. But Marat, with his rackets and cramped apartment on Patriki, could hardly be regarded as a potential spouse. Zhukov Sr. prudently introduced the heiress to Roman, so to speak, just in case: just when rumors about discord in the oligarch’s family reached from London to Moscow. And he was right: until the end of the day the smile did not leave the oligarch’s face, and not only thanks to his Chelsea’s victory over Barca.
The match between the English and Spanish teams had a miraculous effect on Zhukova’s taste in sports: Dasha no longer followed the Wimbledon tournament, and learned about the most talked about football transfers before sports commentators. Whether she played a role in the businessman’s divorce from his wife Irina is not known for certain, but Dasha took a seat next to the businessman at Chelsea Stadium even before her lover’s official separation from the woman with whom he had lived for 17 years.
After Abramovich's divorce from his wife, Daria finally moved from Moscow to London. The girl did not live at the oligarch’s residence for a long time, making voyages around the world on his yacht. Together with Roman, Dasha chose the “island of millionaires” - St. Barths, where the couple threw noisy parties. Zhukova’s circle of friends also underwent significant changes: instead of leopard-clad Moscow party girls, members of the British royal family began to receive invitations to Zhukova’s soiree (the granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth II Beatrice even carouses on Abramovich’s yacht almost every month), as well as world cinema stars and podium. Dasha Zhukova's best friend was the promising New York journalist Derek Blasberg.
In the person of her beloved, Daria found the main investor in her most important project - the Garage Museum of Contemporary Art. At the Art Basel fair, Abramovich, without thinking for a minute, paid $14 million for a statuette by Swiss sculptor Alberto Giacometti, which became the first exhibit in the Garage. One of the best architects in the world, Rem Koolhaas, worked on the new premises of the museum, and guests from all over the world flocked to the opening party of the building in Gorky Park, including model Karlie Kloss, the girlfriend of Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner. By the way, Daria also became quite close friends with Kushner’s brother Joshua. American journalists recently witnessed a dinner between Zhukova and Kushner in New York.
In 2009, Daria gave birth to her first child and the sixth child of Roman Abramovich - curly-haired baby Aaron Alexander. Four years later, Zhukova and Abramovich became parents again - this time to a girl who was given a name like the princess from Star Wars - Lea.
After the birth of their second child, the first waves began to flow through the smooth surface of Roman and Dasha’s relationship. The crowd started talking about Abramovich’s passion for Mariinsky prima ballerina Diana Vishneva, and Zhukova unashamedly hugged Leonardo DiCaprio in New York. The conversations quickly fizzled out: there was no evidence of Roman’s connection with the ballerina, and DiCaprio would hardly have laid eyes on the girlfriend of an influential friend.
Today Roman Abramovich and Dasha Zhukova announced their separation after 10 years of marriage. Abramovich and Zhukova explained that they intend to raise their children together (the couple has a son, Aaron, seven years old, and a daughter, Leah, who is four years old), and also continue to work as co-founders of the Garage Museum of Contemporary Art in Moscow and a cultural center on the island of New Holland in St. Petersburg.
Daria Zhukova: biography
Daria Zhukova is a Russian businesswoman, collector, and designer. Founder of the Garage Museum of Contemporary Art in Moscow. But she is still known to the public as the ex-wife of one of the richest people in Russia, Roman Abramovich. They lived together for 10 years and had two children in their marriage.
Daria Zhukova with her father
Daria Aleksandrovna Zhukova was born on June 8, 1981 in Moscow. Mother Elena Zhukova is a microbiologist by training, and father Alexander Radkin was the founder of the largest oil and petroleum products transportation company in Odessa, Sintez Oil. After the wedding, Alexander Radkin took his wife's surname.
As Daria recalls, her childhood years spent in Moscow were a happy time. The city at that time was much safer, and Dasha, while still just a child, loved to independently cross Moscow by metro from one end to the other. When her parents divorced, her mother took the girl to the United States of America, where Zhukova attended Pacific Hills School. During their stay in the USA, mother and daughter changed many cities. They lived in Los Angeles, Houston and Santa Barbara.
Daria Zhukova
The Guardian reported that Daria Zhukova initially attended a Jewish school in America, which may be why Judaism is so close to her. After school, Daria Zhukova continues her education at the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Santa Barbara, where after four years of study she receives a pre-medical degree. The girl chooses the Faculty of Slavic Studies for additional education. In 1997, at the invitation of his father, Zhukova moved to London, where he studied at the Institute of Naturopathy, specializing as a homeopathic doctor.
