Chelsea Football club owner, Roman Abramovich and his partner, Dasha Zhukova, have separated.

Abramovich‘s spokesman, John Mann revealed this in a statement on Monday.

“After 10 years together, the two of us have made the difficult decision to separate but we remain, close friends, parents, and partners in the projects we developed together,” the two said in the statement.

Abramovich, 50, is Russia’s 12th richest businessman, according to Forbes magazine, with a fortune of $9.1 billion.

Abramovich and Zhukova have two children together, a son and daughter.

In the couple’s joint statement, they said that “We are committed to jointly raising our two children.”

Abramovich divorced his second wife Irina Malandina in 2007 after a marriage lasting 16 years. They had five children together. Abramovich’s first marriage was brief, from 1987 to 1991 with Olga Lysova.

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