Initially, Ms Tigipko was happy to stay in London. She had founded a clinic in Harley Street.
As no progress was being made, the girls' father took the exceptional step of asking for the grandfather and mother to be named, hoping that would encourage them to return the children.Mr Tigipko is one of the richest and most powerful men in Ukraine. The court heard that before the children were taken to Kiev, they had had a close relationship with their father.In December, the older girl told a court appointed expert:"Papa is bad."
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