Comments on: What did I just say?!?

By: Didact

Didact — Wed, 23 Aug 2017 17:20:25 +0000

In reply to Kapios.

It's not an ignorant question. I suspect that Iron Vlad is happy to intervene on behalf on his oligarch friends- provided that they stay out of his political affairs, and provided that their divorces happen under Russian jurisdiction.

If, however, they happen in foreign jurisdictions, then there doesn't seem to be much that he can or will do.

See e.g. Dmitry Rybolovlev's divorce under Swiss law.

And then there is Roman Abramovich's divorce under, probably, British law. Which will take him to the cleaners.

By: Kapios

Kapios — Tue, 22 Aug 2017 08:48:21 +0000

He's a Russian oligarch. This will sound ignorant but isn't he, daddy Putin and his friends supposed to be the ones who make the rules of the country and therefore exempt from them? So if he is divorced from the marriage he will probably keep his money and his kids unlike some average rich dudes who lose much more. I'm just speculating here but this dude doesn't look like the average rich guy (not just in terms of pocket money but also influence).

By: Didact

Didact — Mon, 21 Aug 2017 13:40:07 +0000

In reply to Unknown.

Technically it's probably "Hottya Hottovna" )).

Your point is quite valid. I've seen the same thing. It seems to hit right around their early forties for many of them, definitely by 50 for probably 95% of them.

There are the odd genetic aberrations that are able to get past this and keep looking gorgeous for a while longer- but they are very few and very far between.

By: Unknown

Unknown — Sun, 20 Aug 2017 19:25:57 +0000

I was going to point that out last time you mentioned Slavic women. They are disproportionately hot, but they have a very firm "sell by" date. And it's not a gradual turn, either; once they hit a certain age, BAM! It's Hottya Hottovich to Mrs. Kruschev overnight.