Russian billionaire Sergei Pugachev met Alexandra Tolstoy when she was hired to teach him English They would stay in his chateau in the south of France and had homes across the world. It was an ...

The ex-partner of Russian oligarch Sergei Pugachev — also known as ... "Putin, like any dictator, he rules through dividing rules," Alexandra Tolstoy told CNN's Erin Burnett Thursday.