What We Know About Berezovsky
Updated: 1:09pm UK, Monday 25 March 2013
The suspicious deaths of a number of Russian exiles who had fallen foul of the regime meant that rumours swirled almost instantly that Boris Berezovsky had been killed. But so far the police have been unable to find any evidence of foul play.
Here's what we do know about Boris Berezovsky:
:: Political Exile
Mr Berezovsky was a key figure in former president Boris Yeltsin's inner circle and was also close to current president Vladimir Putin during his early years in power.
He left Russia in 2000 after a falling out with Mr Putin and became a vocal critic of the Kremlin from London, where he sought political asylum.
But in recent weeks, he is said to have written to Mr Putin suggesting that he could return to Russia, which had frequently sought his extradition on a variety of charges.
On the eve of his death, Mr Berezovsky was quoted as teling a journalist from Forbes Russia: "There is nothing I would like more than to return to Russia. I did not realise Russia meant so much to me I could not live as an emigrant."
He apparently added that he now believed he should never have left Russia and said he no longer wanted to be involved in politics.
The oligarch is believed to have survived a number of assassination attempts, including a bomb attack on his car that decapitated a chauffeur.
However, a radiation scare at his home after his body was found turned out to be a false alarm and the bodyguard who discovered him was the only person at home at the time.
:: Financial Problems
It is thought the former billionaire was facing serious financial difficulties.
He had fought a number of expensive legal battles since 2011 and reports suggest that defeat in a High Court battle with Chelsea FC owner and former business associate Roman Abramovich alone cost him tens of millions of pounds.
After losing the case, Mr Berezovsky told the widow of murdered Russian dissident Alexander Litvinenko that he could no longer afford to pay her legal fees ahead of an inquest into her husband's death from radiation poisoning.
Mr Berezovsky also paid out Britain's largest divorce settlement, worth more than £100m, to ex-wife Galina Besharova last July.
Then in January, former partner Elena Gorbunova reportedly won a court order freezing £200m of assets following their split.
In recent days, The Daily Telegraph reported he would attempt to sell Red Lenin, an Andy Warhol screen print valued at between £30,000 and £50,000 by Christie's.
The artwork sold on Wednesday for £133,875 including the buyer's premium, according to the auction house's website.
Friends have been quoted as saying the oligarch was depressed by his financial troubles.
Aleksei Venediktov, the editor of Ekho Moskvy and a friend and colleague of Berezovsky, was quoted as saying: "After losing in court to Roman Abramovich he was in a serious depression. He was undergoing treatment."
:: Ill Health
Mr Venediktov is also quoted as saying Mr Berezovsky had been suffering heart problems.
"It was a heart attack," he was reported as saying late on Saturday. "For the last two weeks, he had had several."
Other reports have suggested he had been undergoing treatment in Israel.
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