The key facts

  • Elena Perminova and her eldest son Nikita descended to depth together with an instructor
  • The model praised her son for conquering a new depth and his success in swimming
  • Perminova and Lebedev, who announced their separation in December 2024, are raising four children

Diving with her son

Elena Perminova, the ex-wife of Russian billionaire Alexander Lebedev, has taken up diving together with her eldest son Nikita. She shared photos from the dive on Instagram (Meta, the platform's owner, has been designated extremist and banned in Russia), reports Gazeta.Ru. The model posed in a black athletic wetsuit; together with Nikita and an instructor, she descended to depth. Perminova also praised her son for conquering a new depth and improving his swimming.

Context

This is not the first mention of outdoor activity in the model's life: earlier, according to a Gazeta.Ru publication, she trained in Dubai on a velodrome. Perminova announced her separation from Alexander Lebedev, who is 27 years her senior, on her personal blog on December 25, 2024. The former couple have four children — Nikita, Egor, Arina and Alexander — whom they are raising together. In September, while answering subscribers' questions, Perminova denied rumors of a romance with Artyom Vorobyov, with whom she was photographed at her birthday celebration.