Inside the VERY lavish wedding of oil tycoon and his Chechen bride

Inside the VERY lavish wedding of oil tycoon and his Chechen bride – who arrived in Moscow for the ceremony with £230,000-worth of designer suitcases containing her dowry for the groom’s family

Ayna Dzabrailova travelled to Moscow to marry oil tycoon Haidar Sheripov over the weekend
Arrived with 32 designer suitcases worth £230,000, containing her dowry for the groom’s family
It is unclear what gifts the bride-to-be brought for her groom’s family
The couple married in a lavish ceremony where she wore two wedding dresses
In line with tradition the bride stood for the entire wedding and kept her mouth shut
The groom was absent from the ceremony and only met his bride afterwards as tradition dictates

A bride who married in a lavish Chechen wedding in Moscow over the weekend needed 32 designer label bags and suitcases costing almost a quarter of a million pounds in which to fit her dowry, say reports.

Student Ayna Dzabrailova, 22, niece of controversial tycoon Umar Dzabrailov, wore two wedding dresses with an estimated price of £350,000.

Some 600 guests attended the nuptials and the bride was seen packing her dowry into 32 Louis Vuitton, Etro and Versace bags and suitcases which alone were reported to cost a staggering £230,000.

This was before the cost of the vast dowry itself. While it is unknown what is in the dowry it is thought that it was a selection of gifts rather than cash.

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Ayna Dzabrailova, 22, married oil tycoon Haidar Sheripov in a lavish two day celebration in Moscow over the weekend

Apart from elite cosmetics, it was unclear what gifts she took from her family to new husband Haidar Sheripov, 26, a Chechen oil manager based in Moscow.

One wedding dress was the work of Lebanese fashion designer Zuhair Murad, which had originally had a semi-transparent skirt but the bride asked to change the lining.

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On day two of the festivities she wore a dress from another Lebanese designer Elie Saab.

Ayna – also known as Alyona – wore jewellery from Britain’s Graff along with a tiara from Dubai.

The wedding was held in line with Chechen traditions so there was no alcohol and the bride spent entire celebration standing, surrounded by her friends and sisters, according to reports in Moscow.

The bride arrived in Moscow with £230,000 worth of suitcases containing the dowry for her groom’s family – it is unknown what gifts Ayna had in the suitcases

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For the ceremony Ayna wore Lebanese fashion designer Zuhair Murad, which had originally had a semi-transparent skirt but the bride asked to change the lining
Ahead of the ceremony, she and her mother had been on shopping trips to Milan, Paris and Dubai.
The bride left her home in the afternoon when friends and family of the groom arrived to an elite village in Moscow region in 25 limousines.
The main party was held at elite Safisa restaurant in the city centre.
Despite the scale of the wedding, the bride kept her eyes downcast and wore a serious expression according to tradition which holds she must appear shy and modest.
The bride must keep her mouth shut because verbosity is seen as a sign of empty-headedness and immodesty. She can only offer the guests a drink of water and wish them all good health.
Her groom, Haidar, was absent from the ceremony as is traditional with Chechen weddings, only seeing his bride afterwards

In line with tradition Ayna is encouraged to look shy and modest at her wedding day, and spent the entire wedding standing with her mouth closed as verbosity is seen as a sign of ’empty-headedness’
The bride carried a bouquet of peonies as she made her way into the ceremony at an elite village in Moscow
She is allocated a special place at the event in which to stand, but does not take part in the dancing, where men and women must not get too close.
Throughout the day she is introduced to new relatives and can only sit down when granted permission.
According to tradition, the groom should be absent from the ceremony entirely, meeting his bride after the festivities away from prying eyes with Ayna escorted by her brother up until that point.
She is then seated by a window where guests of honour usually sit. This part of the room is decorated with a special wedding curtain. The girl is offered to hold someone’s firstborn son (she will hopefully give birth to many boys.) The bride hugs the baby and gives him a present.
Guests give various things to the newlyweds. Women give them useful things for the home such as linen or crockery. Men bring either money or sheep. And then, everyone is invited to partake of a sumptuous meal.
Once the meal is over, guests ask the bride to give them a drink of water. All of them talk amongst themselves, share jokes and discuss the bride’s looks.
Ayna’s uncle Umar Dzhabrailov, 60, a controversial tycoon and ex-Moscow senator, was fined £5,800 last year after he shot a Yarygin pistol in the air at the Four Seasons Hotel, close to the Kremlin.
Before she was joined by her groom after the ceremony, Ayna was accompanied by her brother (pictured here together)
The groom (pictured with one of the guests) did away with a tie for the ceremony as is often the case at Chechen weddings
The couple held their reception at the exclusive Moscow restaurant Safisa which was decorated with enormous floral displays
Entertainment came in the form of traditional dancers who took to the floor in lavish costumes to perform for the 600 guests
Chechen weddings are traditionally seen as being big spectacles featuring a succession of live shows, singing and dancing
A young boy entertains the guests at the wedding reception, which features musical performances, singing and dancing

The reception involved no alcohol and the bride spent entire celebration standing, surrounded by her friends and sisters, according to reports in Moscow
Umar – once linked to Naomi Campbell – admitting to being quizzed ‘a hundred times’ by Russian secret services over the 1996 shooting of his American business partner, Paul Tatum, in a Moscow subway.
The contract killing was one off the most controversial murders of the wild 1990s in Moscow, following the collapse of the Soviet Union.
He always denied having anything to do with the killing.
Dzhabrailov and Tatum jointly ran the Radisson Slavyanskaya Hotel in Moscow.
In the wake of the shooting, he was banned from travelling to the US.
Umar was reputed to be the role model for a Chechen godfather in Frederick Forsyth’s novel, Icon.
Two months ago Dzhabrailov’s nephew Akhmed Dzhabrailov, 20, married in another lavish Chechen wedding in Moscow in which his bride Khava Zaurbekova, 18, wore a 45 kilogram (100lbs) dress – for which she needed help going up the stairs while boarding her private jet to Moscow.
Ayna’s uncle Umar Dzhabrailov (pictured), 60, a controversial tycoon and ex-Moscow senator, was fined £5,800 last year after he shot a Yarygin pistol in the air at the Four Seasons Hotel, close to the Kremlin
Two months ago Dzhabrailov’s nephew Akhmed Dzhabrailov, 20, married in another lavish Chechen wedding in Moscow in which his bride Khava Zaurbekova (pictured), 18, wore a 45 kilogram (100lbs) dress – for which she needed help going up the stairs while boarding her private jet to Moscow
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