The guy who was trying to sue our Roman for 3 Billion recently.

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21913356

 

 

Russian tycoon Boris Berezovsky found dead at his UK home

The exiled Russian tycoon Boris Berezovsky has been found dead at his home outside London.Continue reading the main story

A police investigation has been launched into the death of the 67-year-old - a wanted man in Russia, and an opponent of President Vladimir Putin.

 

A former Kremlin power-broker whose fortunes declined under Mr Putin, Mr Berezovsky emigrated to the UK in 2000.

Thames Valley Police said the death, at a property in Ascot, Berkshire, was being treated as unexplained.

The area around the property has been cordoned off to allow the investigation to take place, the force said.

The inquiry was at a very early stage and more details will be released when available, it added.

A South Central Ambulance Service spokeswoman said it had been called to the property at 15:18 GMT.

 

"We sent a number of ambulance officers and an ambulance to the address. The 67-year-old male was confirmed deceased at the scene," she said.

 

Last year, Mr Berezovsky lost a £3bn ($4.7bn) damages claim against Chelsea Football Club owner Roman Abramovich.

 

Diminished wealth

Mr Berezovsky claimed he had been intimidated by Mr Abramovich into selling shares in Russian oil giant Sibneft for a "fraction of their true worth".

 

The allegations were completely rejected by the London Commercial Court judge, who called Mr Berezovsky an "inherently unreliable" witness.

 

BBC world affairs reporter Richard Galpin said sources have told him that Mr Berezovsky was depressed after the loss of the court case and was under financial pressure.

 

The tycoon's wealth is thought to have considerably diminished in recent years, leaving him struggling to pay debts in the wake of costly court cases.

 

Mr Berezovsky had made his fortune in the 1990s selling imported Mercedes as well as Russian-made cars.

He was one of the first Russian oligarchs - a tiny group of tycoons who at the end of communism used their connections to become rich almost overnight.

 

Later owning Sibneft, the national airline Aeroflot, and as primary shareholder in Russia's main television channel, he supported Boris Yeltsin's rise to power, enjoying huge influence during this era.

 

Mr Berezovsky survived numerous assassination attempts, including a bomb that decapitated his chauffeur.

During the later years of Yeltsin's presidency, Mr Berezovsky was part of the leader's inner circle as deputy secretary of Russia's security council.

 

"Boris Berezovsky was one of the most powerful men in Russia back in the 1990s," said the BBC's Moscow correspondent, Steve Rosenberg.

 

"He rose from being a mathematician, a computer programmer and a used car salesman, to being such an influential figure in Boris Yeltsin's Russia."

 

He then played a role in Mr Putin's rise in the late-1990s, before the new president moved to curb the political ambitions of Russia's oligarchs.

 

Leaving Russia for self-imposed exile in the UK, Mr Berezovsky became one of Mr Putin's fiercest critics.

But our correspondent said that on Saturday, a spokesman for Mr Putin said that Mr Berezovsky had sought the president's permission to return to Russia.

Edited March 23, 201313 yr by Zola

Probably Putin's guys.

Probably Putin's guys.

Torres with a revolver in the Library.

 

Actually no, Fernando would of missed. 

This stinks of a dodgy deal made in The Kremlin. Hopefully it won't get linked to Roman but I'd expect speculation in the press.

CPO's beware.

Struggling to pay debt, diminishing fortune, just got spanked in a high profile court case...I'd be astonished if this wasn't a simple case of suicide.

Wow. I wonder what will come of this. Another Litvinenko  situation? 

No doubt the great British press will find a way to blame JT for this one!

Probably did himself in but there's an old KGB saying which goes 'any fool could commit murder but it takes an artist to make it look like suicide'.

They claim on RUSSIA TODAY that it def was suicide.....That is until he starts glowing.......Said he struggled recently to sell artwork for 5000 to buy a ticket to AN UNKNOWN DESTINATION......Sounds well dodgy to me...Billionaire to scrounging around in such a short time.....no

Here is his last interview as it claimed on Russian Forbes: http://www.forbes.ru/sobytiya/obshchestvo/236176-poslednee-intervyu-borisa-berezovskogo-ya-ne-vizhu-smysla-zhizni

You can use google translate for web, I don't know how it works

It's a scary thought that this kind of stuff still happens, even on our own doorstep.

Roman beat this guys ass in UK court so no need for hit.

FSW will try anything to get the full time job!

This has Arkadiy Abramovic's hands written all over it.

Can we say it was Rafa and get him locked up for a few years?

It's a scary thought that this kind of stuff still happens, even on our own doorstep.

 

What, people dying?

 

Oh the horror

Seconding what That Boy Brandinho has already said: his fortune was spiraling, he was being crushed with debt, and he got his ass handed to him by Roman in court. I wouldn't rule out suicide.

 

I wouldn't really think anything of it, just let the Met get on with it and if Russian authorities want a look then they're welcome.

Torres with a revolver in the Library.

 

Actually no, Fernando would of missed. 

 

Post of the year 

Rumour has it Rio Ferdinand had been hired to do the job two weeks ago but forgot to attend. They set up a new date but he pulled out at the last minute saying it would interfere with his broadcasting training programme.

What, people dying?

 

Oh the horror

 

Was referring to the implication that the Russian president was involved, but hey that was fairly implied by my post, however I guess in future i'll have to explain in depth all of my comments so idiots can also understand them.

Rumour has it Rio Ferdinand had been hired to do the job two weeks ago but forgot to attend. They set up a new date but he pulled out at the last minute saying it would interfere with his broadcasting training programme.

 

Broadcasting training? Is the git going back to grammar school?

Broadcasting training? Is the git going back to grammar school?

Back to grammar school? You mean he went there in the first place? Someone should get their money back!

It's a message to Frank Lampard and Jose Mourinho... don't play hardball when you negotiate a new contract