Tell me when to stop hiccuping. The Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich booted divorced his wife Irina a month ago with the world's biggest settlement of 2.5 billion. While divorces are the norm with the rich and famous but makes this one unique is that Putin himself told Abramovich to clean up his act after his affair with a 25 year old Daria Zhukova, daughter of another Russian billionaire surfaced.

Apparently Putin regards Abramovich to be like a son and Abramovich in turn treats Putin as his personal savior. Okay, there I went too far but when Putin admonishes one of the richest men on earth about his personal life it makes one wonder how powerful Putin really is.

Georgie boy move aside, not only does Putin have the Russian oil but also the native billionaires living in his pocket.