Ukrainian oligarch's daughter has designer handbag containing £4m of jewellery stolen in Paris limousine

A Ukrainian oligarch's daughter claims she had £4million of jewellery in her designer handbag when it was stolen in Paris.
Kristina Chernovetskaya, who is in her 20s, was travelling in a chauffeur-driven limousine she had hired at Charles de Gaule airport when it was targeted by a lone thief.
He is said to have forced open the back door of the car after smashing a rear window as it waiting in a traffic jam in the St Denis area of the French

Snatched: Kristina Chernovetskaya says her designer handbag containing £4million of jewellery was stolen as she being driven through the St Denis area of Paris (pictured)
Miss Chernovetskaya, a glamorous socialite whose father Leonid Chernovetsky is a former multi-millionaire banker and the mayor of Kiev, told police that the man fled with her handbag, but left behind thousands of pounds in cash.
'The bag was snatched by the robber who made off on foot,' said a detective investigating the theft, which happened at noon yesterday.
'The victim has told us that the bag contained jewels, rings and earrings worth more than $6million.
'Her chauffeur tried to give chase but didn't get anywhere near the robber, but a vast amount of hard cash belonging to the victim was left behind.'
Miss Chernovestkaya's family is one of the most controversial in the former Soviet Union. Her father, 58, regularly makes the headlines for his financial dealings.
He made millions out of the break up of the old communist regime, setting up the Pravex Bank, one of the largest in the Ukraine.

Glamorous: Miss Chernovestkya is the socialite daughter of former Kiev mayor Leonid, who formerly ran the Pravex Bank
The bank's management was regularly accused of using coercive methods to get loan money back from customers, before it was sold for more than £500million.
Mr Chernovestky went on to become mayor of Kiev, the Ukrainian capital, in 2006 and has hinted that he intends to run for president at some stage.
In 2008, he was given the Order of Yaroslav the Wise, a top civilian award in the Ukraine. At the time, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko urged President Victor Yushchenko to 'stop granting decorations to corrupt people'.
If the handbag is not recovered, Miss Chernovetskaya will have to try and claim back her loss through insurers

Source:dailymail.co.uk/