Russia’s Richest Woman Clashes With Spouse Over Company’s Future

Russia’s richest woman, Tatyana Bakalchuk, is embroiled in a public dispute with her husband over the future of the country’s biggest online retail platform.

In a Telegram post late Tuesday, Bakalchuk rejected allegations by her husband Vladislav that a merger deal announced last month with Russ Group, the nation’s biggest outdoor advertiser, was unfavorable for her e-commerce company, Wildberries.

“For what purpose Vladislav misleads other people, and by whom and to what end this story with raiding was fabricated is a big mystery to me,” she said. In her post Bakalchuk, who has seven children, confirmed the beginning of ...