Russian Wedding Rumored to Have Cost $1 Billion, Most Expensive Ever

By Jonathan Zhou
Jonathan Zhou
Jonathan Zhou
Jonathan Zhou is a tech reporter who has written about drones, artificial intelligence, and space exploration.
March 31, 2016Updated: March 31, 2016

The son of Russian tycoon Mikhail Gutseriev, whose net worth is estimated at $6.2 billion, married over the weekend, with a lavish wedding touted by the Russian media as the “most expensive ever,” according to ABC News. 

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It appears that no expenses were spared for the wedding of Said Gutseriev, 28, and Khadija Uzhakhova, 20.

Wedding guests arrived at what looks like a welcome for royalty, complete with costumed courtiers, transported by a fleet of Bentleys. 

 

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Each guest was given a jewelry casket, and the walls and ceiling of the venue were completely covered in flowers.