Ahem. Well, not quite an epic battle. More of a bun fight in a London frock shop, perhaps. But the sorry tale I’m about to tell you is all true – I swear!
Apparently, hard done by Russian exile Boris Berezovsky was slumming it in a London branch of designer store Dolce and Gabbana when he spotted his arch enemy – football magnate Roman Abramovich – shopping his little heart out in the Hermes shop next door.
Quick thinking Boris seized his opportunity. He ordered one of his loyal bodyguard to rush back to his Ł300,000 Maybach limousine, and bring him the writ that he just happened to keep with him at all times for just such eventualities (Boris wants to sue Roman for billions, you see).
The next bit though, Boris did all by himself. He marched up to Abramovich and… well, I’ll let the great Boris B. tell the rest in his own words:
“When he saw me, Abramovich tried to hide behind his bodyguards. I threw it [the writ] at his feet and told him I was serving him the writ, then I turned around and left the shop.”
A pumped up Boris was later reported to have told reporters:
“It was like a scene from The Godfather!”
According to ABC News, the quick witted Roman had the presence of mind to:
“pull his hands away, letting the legal documents fall straight to the floor.”
No word yet from the Abramovich camp on whether he was cowering in the corner or, like his esteemed President, trying to emulate the non-violent philosophy of Mahatma Gandhi. But, according to the Daily Mail, the whole incident was recorded on CCTV, so I doubt it’ll be long before the footage reaches the internet, and we can judge for ourselves the true worth of these mighty individuals.
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“Battle of the Oligarchs”
Those two can do a lot of good in the form of having a celebrity oligarch mud wrestling match.
In the instance of those, two, I don’t think it would be a fair one for BB.
Among the oligarchs, there’re plenty of even matches which could be arranged.
i don’t know the UK law, but in the US, a party to the litigation cannot effect service of process to the other party. Thus, BAB’s stunt might have no legal effect – he just wants the attention anyway, i guess
my bad, apparently he can serve the writ himself (http://ec.europa.eu/civiljustice/serv_doc/serv_doc_eng_en.htm#4)
Why two exiles are “bitter enemies” the question is?
Plenitude of resources still exists in Russia, and none of them suppose coming back in the nearest time anyway.
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