
DWTS pro Gleb Savchenko has been in the headlines after making serious accusations against his ex-wife, Elena Samodanova. The pro dancer has alleged that Elena tried to abduct their kids to China. As the buzz around that grows, let’s take a look at what really happened and why the couple had split after over a decade together.
Gleb Savchenko accuses ex-wife, Elena Samodanova, of abducting their kids
According to legal documents obtained by TMZ, Gleb has filed for an emergency child custody order for his two daughters, Olivia and Zlata. The filing comes after Gleb claims that his ex-wife has refused to send the kids back, as they had discussed before Elena’s move to Hong Kong. He alleges that the shift was supposed to be temporary and the girls were supposed to return to the US by June 30, 2024. However, that never happened, and now Elena is allegedly refusing to send them back.
The document revealed that Gleb has alleged that Elena signed a Post Judgment Agreement back in 2023 allowing her to “temporarily” move their children to Hong Kong for one year so she could work on a project in the region. However, she “obtained permanent Hong Kong residency, enrolled the children in an expensive private school, got the children a cat, became engaged, and had another child with her fiancé.” He added:












