Amid major divorce dispute, ‘Moskovsky Komsomolets’ chief editor's ex-wife is detained by police

On Monday, Moscow police detained Evgeniya Efimova, the ex-wife of Pavel Gusev, the owner and long-time chief editor of the newspaper Moskovsky Komsomolets. Efimova is reportedly being charged with “organized swindling” either on a large scale or resulting in the deprivation of someone’s housing. No further details are known about the case, but “Kolchuga” arms wholesaler owner Mikhail Khubutiya told the magazine RBC that Efimova has reached out to him for help, claiming that her ex-husband is trying to “pressure her,” apparently into dropping her civil suit against Gusev for a division of their property.

How much money are we talking about?

Efimova is currently suing Gusev in Moscow’s Presnensky District Court for a division of the property they acquired jointly while married. A source told the news agency RIA Novosti that the property’s estimated value is roughly 27 billion rubles ($410.3 million). Efimova is also reportedly suing for shares in the equity capital of Moskovsky Komsomolets and its publishing house. Gusev and Efimova have three children together.