Sting was seen clutching a bunch of fresh flowers as he chatted with the Harrow and Oxford-educated groom during the celebrations
The stunning bride Khadija poses with guests in a more pared-back look including an embellished satin dress with delicate mesh sleeves.
The singer, who performed her hits If You Had My Love, Dance Again and Get Right went through several outfit changes including a black tailored suit and a bejewelled leotard – not to mention a sparkly silver jumpsuit.
And she clearly received a generous pay cheque for the performance as the 46-year-old singer treated herself to some fancy accessories at Moscow store Aizel, which shut down for two hours to allow the star to shop in private, over the weekend.
J Lo performed for the newlyweds but she apparently joked that her biggest challenge of the night was pronouncing their names correctly
Guests reported Jennifer was visibly shocked when she held out the microphone that the wedding guests did not know the words of her songs. She put on a brave smile when only two or three voices sang with her.
There was also social media criticism of Lopez for being underdressed for a Muslim wedding.
‘If you have money you can invite anyone you like, but Vainakhs (another word for Ingush people) should have asked her to get dressed in a more appropriate way,’ one person said.
Enrique Iglesias took to the stage to perform Bailando, casually dressed in jeans, a T shirt and baseball cap.
Sting also performed and was joined by a group of young girls and women for his song Desert Rose.
Images from inside the lavish affair swept Instagram, with photographs showing the venue dripping with flowers from floor to ceiling.
The groom’s father personally welcomed the couple’s 600 guests to the wedding party which included the president of Ingushetia
Luxury cars including Rolls Royces and Bentleys were seen parked outside the venue
The nine-tier iced wedding cake, which was taller than a person, was decorated with garlands of white and pink flowers
The wedding cake was a lavish nine-tier creation, decorated with elaborate white icing and layers of pink floral garlands. It was topped by the star and crescent of Islam to symbolise the couple’s faith
French singer Patricia Kaas serenaded the guests and the Georgian national folk dance ensemble Sukhishvili also made an appearance, despite artists from the region unofficially boycotting performances in Russia since the 2008 war.
And as if last weekend’s nuptials weren’t extravagant enough, reports suggest Russia’s most extravagant wedding celebration of the year will relocate to London this weekend.
Beyoncé and Elton John are also due to sing at the second instalment of the grandiose wedding, according to Russian media reports. J. Lo’s storming set certainly looked suitably lavish, with several outfit changes as the star delighted guests with classics like Waiting For Tonight.
The couple’s 600 guests dined on European cuisine and sushi and the wedding cake was a lavish nine-tier creation, decorated with elaborate white icing and layers of pink floral garlands, topped with a star and crescent moon as a show of the couple’s Muslim faith.
And guests were presented with a delicate gold box engraved with the couple’s names and date of the wedding as a thank you gift.
But the extravagance of the occasion is surely fitting for the son of Kazakh-born Mikhail Gutseriev, a Muslim born in the Caucasus, who is thought to be worth $6.2 billion (£4.3billion).
The self-made man who now calls Russia home ensured he gave his public school-educated son a day to remember.
Said, who was born in 1988, was educated at Harrow and then the University of Oxford where he studied archaeology and geology.
Guests Yunus-Bek Yevkurov, president of Ingusheria (left) and former president Ruslan Aushev Beslan (right) join guests at Safisa
Proud moment: Father of the groom Mikhail Gutseriev (second lefts) reportedly splashed out around $1 billion on the lavish ceremony
But in Russia there has been something of a backlash against the lavish ceremony – following a report by Russian Tatler that the bride from an ‘ordinary’ family was chosen after a lengthy search for a woman to fit ‘all the strict demands, to be beautiful, a virgin, shy and not public’, meaning not seeking the limelight.
Now that’s a party bag: Guests were presented with a delicate gold box engraved with the couple’s names and date of the wedding
But there was a warning about the obscenity of such displays in a country that saw ostentatious wealth being flaunted a century ago.
‘Don’t tease people and make them angry because you’ll get another 1917,’ wrote one reader. And in a dig at the groom’s father, who made his money from oil, another commenter hit out: ‘And what a wedding Zuckerberg had, just for comparison. Zuckerberg is not sitting on an oil pipeline, he invented what brought him billions. You can see the level of one individual and another, can’t you?’
As for the bride’s lavish dress, not everyone was convinced. Instagram comments included: ‘Is this dress really beautiful? Nothing to look at,’ and: ‘Why would she want to torture herself like this? She can hardly walk!’
One wrote: ‘Such a beautiful dress, a princess did not have one like this. Kate married her prince in such a simple dress, and we are just poor Ingush people.’
Another blasted: ‘Am I the only one here who thinks that the wedding could have been arranged in a less pompous way, and saved money that could have been spent on a present to the Republic of Ingushetia – a hospital, perhaps? In my view, it would have been much more effective thing than such showing off.’
SOURCE: UK DAILYMAIL