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Gleb vs Elena Custody Battle | Durham News
Dancing With the Stars pro Gleb Savchenko is locked in a high-stakes custody battle with his ex-wife Elena Samodanova over their two daughters, with courts in Los Angeles and Hong Kong now tangled in the dispute. After agreeing to joint custody post-divorce, Elena moved the girls to Hong Kong in 2024, which Gleb initially supported — even calling her a great mom. But by 2026, Gleb filed an emergency order claiming Elena violated a one-year Hong Kong stay agreement and secretly took their younger daughter to Russia, calling it dangerous. Elena counters that she’s been the primary caregiver…
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