Billionaire's son Said Gutseriev, 28, married student 20-year-old Khadija Uzhakhova (centre) in Moscow this weekend in a jaw-droppingly lavish affair, rumoured to have cost up to $1 billion. Singers Jennifer Lopez (right) and Sting (top left, chatting to the groom) performed at the reception at the Russian capital's Safisa restaurant and banqueting space (bottom left), which was decked out in wall-to-wall fresh flowers for the occasion. Harrow and Oxford-educated Said is the son of Kazakh oil and media tycoon Mikhail Gutseriev who is reportedly worth $6.2billion.
Khadija's dress was imported from Paris and reportedly weighed 25lb thanks to the huge train and heavy embellishment. The bride needed the assistance of several people to carry her train and help her walk upstairs
The extravagance of the occasion is surely fitting for the son of Kazakh-born Mikhail Gutseriev, a Muslim born in the Caucasus, who is thought to be worth $6.2 billion (£4.3billion).
The self-made man who now calls Russia home ensured he gave his public school-educated son a day to remember.
Said, who was born in 1988, was educated at Harrow and then the University of Oxford where he studied archaeology and geology.
He faced tragedy when his son Chingis - who also went to Harrow - died in a mysterious car accident in Moscow while driving his Ferrari.
It was reported that Russian papers tried to investigate but both the police and ambulance service then denied all knowledge of it.
Chingis was buried in Baku, Azerbaijan, where his family have links.
Said also completed a masters degree at the University of Plymouth, focusing on management of oil and gas industries, before returning to Russia to join the family business.
He's also spoken of his desire to one day return to the UK to study for an MBA at London Business School, but for now is director of Russneft’s Orsk Refinery.
Little is known about the bride other than that she's a first year student at the Moscow State University of Medicine and Dentistry.
Fireworks were let off at the end of the evening to celebrate the happy couple's union.
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