Russian humorist Yevgeny Petrosyan has responded to the lawsuit of his wife Elena Stepanenko regarding the distribution of property rights following the results of a divorce. This was stated by lawyer Sergei Zhorin.

The lawyer said that his client claims 50% of the property acquired in marriage. "First, we ask you to terminate the marriage. Stepanenko's claim is incorrectly written: in the document's cap she asks to terminate the marriage and divide the property, but in the narrative part she is too fond of the division of property and forgets about divorce. In addition, we propose to divide the property equally, and not the way it insists, "Petrosian's representative explained..

According to the lawyer, the court must consider the claim on Monday, August 6. Zhorin hopes that the documents from Petrosian and Stepanenko will be considered by the court simultaneously, and not separately.

As reported, on the eve of the famous couple dumbfounded news about sharing property and the alleged divorce after 33 years of marriage. The press reported that Stepanenko filed a lawsuit on 4 July with the Khamovnichesky Court of Moscow regarding the sharing of jointly acquired property. It claims 80% of the total value of money and things, which amounts to one and a half billion Russian rubles. Stepanenko also demands to transfer her eight out of ten apartments in Moscow, antiques and other valuables.