33 Facts About Yelena Baturina

Yelena Nikolayevna Baturina is an international billionaire businesswoman and a philanthropist of Russian origin.

Yelena Baturina was married to Yury Luzhkov, mayor of Moscow, until his death in 2019.

Yelena Baturina met her future husband, Yury Luzhkov, in 1987 when they were both serving at Mosgorispolkom, a Soviet-era municipal commission.

In one of her interviews Yelena Baturina remembers: "We never even thought about anything like that when we were working together, it all happened much later".

Yelena Baturina explains the choice of the city by the fact that her two daughters decided to study in London.

Yelena Baturina said that a house had been rented in the west of the city for them and that he and his wife intend to visit them regularly.

Yelena Baturina sued the papers owners, Times Newspapers, a subsidiary of News International.

In 1989, Yelena Baturina launched her first enterprise with her elder brother Victor, primarily dealing with computer software and hardware.

In 1991 Yelena Baturina founded her company, Inteco, which focused on construction though it began as a plastics business.

In 2006, Yelena Baturina was appointed Deputy Head for the inter-ministerial group under the national project "Affordable and Comfortable Housing for Russian citizens".

Part of the proceeds from the sale of these assets were directed by Yelena Baturina to buying some high-yield "blue chips" of the largest Russian companies such as Gazprom and Sberbank.

In 2010, Yelena Baturina was named one of the largest taxpayers in Russia, the taxes to the state budget for 2009 amounted to 4 billion rubles.

In 2010, Yelena Baturina opened the New Peterhof Hotel in Saint Petersburg, which received a number of architectural awards.

In 2012, following major reconstruction work, Yelena Baturina opened the Quisisana Palace in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic.

In 2013, Yelena Baturina opened the Morrison Hotel in Dublin, Ireland.

Yelena Baturina has announced her intentions to the press to continue to expand her hotel chain.

In November 2016, Yelena Baturina's structures launched a construction and development project in Europe.

Yelena Baturina's company acquired a land plot on the coastline of Limassol, Cyprus.

In 2018, Yelena Baturina's enterprise has launched the first ESCO project in Cyprus.

Yelena Baturina was released in January 2016, with the unserved time of his sentence replaced with a fine.

Beyrle writes, 'Kanev told us that Luzhkov's wife, Yelena Baturina, definitely has links to the criminal world, and particularly to the Solntsevo criminal group'.

Elena Yelena Baturina has been involved in local and international charities since 1990s.

Mrs Yelena Baturina serves as vice-president for Maggie's, a UK-based charity that offers free practical, emotional and social support to people with cancer.

Yelena Baturina is a member of Maggie's London Board which is responsible for the coordination of all Maggie's fundraising activity in London.

Elena Yelena Baturina owns a house in Aurach, Austria, and spends a lot of her time there.

Yelena Baturina enjoys cooking his favourite dish, borscht, and claims that a traditional "Soviet upbringing" made a good housewife of her.

Yelena Baturina has had no contacts with her brother since a public conflict on business issues that occurred in 2007.

Yelena Baturina was involved in a libel case against a former financial director for her brother.

From 1999 to 2005, Yelena Baturina was President of the Equestrian Federation of Russia.

Yelena Baturina succeeded in raising funds for developing equestrian sport in Russia to the sufficient level for such competition.

Yelena Baturina was a trustee for the Mayor's Fund for London from 2017 to 2019.

In 2011, Yelena Baturina won a lawsuit against the British newspaper "The Sunday Times", which attributed to the Russian businesswoman the acquisition of Witanhurst estate in London, which is the second value after Buckingham Palace.

Yelena Baturina won the State Prize of the Russian Federation for Science and Technology in 2003.