Dmitry Rybolovlev
Russian fertilizer magnate and art collector
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- 9
- On the record
- 4
- Stories
- 2
- Latest entry
- Feb 27, 2025
The record
Dmitry Rybolovlev's record outside his Geneva divorce runs through football and art. In December 2011 his company Monaco Sports Investments bought a 66.67% controlling stake in AS Monaco, then bottom of France's second tier, with a pledge of at least 100 million euros over four years. In November 2017 he consigned Leonardo da Vinci's Salvator Mundi to Christie's, where it sold for $450.3 million including fees.
Most of his court record grew out of his dispute with the Swiss art dealer Yves Bouvier, whom he accused of overcharging him on art deals; Bouvier denied wrongdoing. In November 2018 a Monaco judge charged Rybolovlev in a corruption-related case over whether he had tried to influence Monaco law enforcement in that fight. Prosecutors said he was released subject to controls after 24 hours of questioning. He denied the charges.
The two men settled all their disputes in late 2023 on undisclosed terms. In January 2024 a Manhattan federal jury rejected his separate fraud claims against Sotheby's. Swiss federal prosecutors closed a case against him in October 2024, after a June 2024 European Court of Human Rights ruling on evidence taken from his lawyer's phone, and in February 2025 Monaco's Court of Appeal dismissed the criminal proceedings against him in their entirety.
Roles and honours on the record
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- Reported
Guardian reported ex-wife Elena obtained a Swiss court order freezing his assets in Switzerland. Most expensive divorces: Wildenstein's $2.5B tops our ranking
- Filed
Elena Rybolovleva's Geneva divorce petition came to his notice after his accounts were frozen, per the New York Times. Divorce settlement fights: Hamm's returned check, Irving's 'lie'
Stories in this file
Money ยท ๐ Most expensive divorces: Wildenstein's $2.5B tops our ranking
Four of the seven carry a dollar figure on record. The other three rank on what was filed, frozen or reported. ๐
Money ยท ๐ธ Divorce settlement fights: Hamm's returned check, Irving's 'lie'
Sue Ann Arnall sent back a ~$975M check, Amy Irving called her $100M figure 'a lie', Rybolovlev's accounts froze. Six fights over the money. ๐
The record, entry by entry
- 2011-12-23 Reported Monaco Sports Investments, owned by Rybolovlev, bought a 66.67% controlling stake in AS Monaco, then bottom of Ligue 2, pledging at least 100 million euros over four years. Inside World Football report
- 2017-11-15 Reported Leonardo da Vinci's Salvator Mundi, consigned by Rybolovlev, sold at Christie's in New York for $450.3 million including fees. He had bought it in 2013 from Yves Bouvier for a reported $127.5 million. Artnet News report
- 2018-11-07 Filed A Monaco judge charged Rybolovlev in a corruption-related case examining whether he sought to influence Monaco law enforcement in his legal battle with Bouvier. Prosecutors said he was released subject to controls after 24 hours of questioning; the specific charges were not disclosed. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty report
- 2023-12-08 Reported The Geneva prosecutor's office said Rybolovlev and Bouvier had informed it on November 20 that they had reached an agreement, ending the Swiss criminal case between them and a civil case in Singapore. No other details of the settlement were made public. Swissinfo report
- 2024-01-30 Ruled A federal jury in Manhattan, in a case before Judge Jesse Furman, found for Sotheby's on Rybolovlev's claim that it aided and abetted Bouvier's fraud on four works, including Salvator Mundi, after less than a day of deliberation. Swissinfo report
- 2024-10 Reported Switzerland's Office of the Attorney General closed a criminal case against Rybolovlev after evidence taken from his lawyer Tetiana Bersheda's phone became inadmissible, following a June 2024 European Court of Human Rights ruling. He continued to deny the Monaco charges. Monaco Tribune report
- 2025-02-27 Ruled Monaco's Court of Appeal ordered the criminal proceedings against Rybolovlev dismissed in their entirety, at the request of the investigating judges and with the agreement of the General Prosecutor's Office. Monaco Tribune report