Russian oil tycoon, 55, treats his wife, 18 to a new Bentley – and they’ve been dating since she was 14
The Bentley is worth around 10 million roubles, or £830,000
A 55-YEAR-OLD oil tycoon has bought a luxury Bentley car as a surprise present for his wife - an 18-year-old model.
Valentin Romanov, head of the Singapore office of the state-owned Russian oil company Lukoil, married Elizaveta Adamenko, 18, in the French Cote d’Azur in July.
The stunning teen - who prefers to be called Liza - is pictured wearing white sunglasses and showing off her long legs on the bonnet of the white Bentley Continental GT V8.
The luxury car is worth about 10 million roubles - £830,000 - but experts say the price in Singapore could be much higher due to high taxes on registering the vehicle.
The couple's controversial romance allegedly started three years ago after Elizaveta left her Siberian hometown of Kansk in central Russia’s Krasnoyarsk Krai region.
But the fact their relationship was potentially unlawful and could have ended in jail for Mr Romanov did not keep them apart.
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The age of sexual consent in Russia, as well as in Singapore where the couple lives, is 16-years-old.
They married at the Chateau Saint Jeannet, a famous castle and upmarket wedding venue near the beautiful village of Vence on the French Riviera.
Pictures online show the young model posing with the car, as well as with her husband at glamourous locations around the world.
She wrote on social media: "It is so great to grow up and understand more about the world around you and how it is, to realise how loved you are. Loved to the highest degree it is possible.
"When your loved one will drop everything to join you on a trip to the other part of the world just because he knows that you are afraid to fly alone or just simply don’t like flying without him by your side.
"It is incredible to understand another person without words, by simply looking at him. Being loved is an absolutely incredible thing. Thank you, I love you."