Russian business magnate and former Kremlin insider Boris Berezovsky wears a mask, showing the face of Russia's President Vladimir Putin, as he leaves Bow Street Magistrates Court April 2, 2003 in London. Berezovsky was arrested in Britain on March 24 after Russian officials sought his extradition on fraud charges.
Russian businessman Boris Berezovsky (R) arrives at The High Court on October 4, 2011, in London, England. Mr. Berezovsky is alleging a breach of contract over business deals with fellow Russian and Chelsea Football Club owner Roman Abramovich and is claiming more than £3.2bn in damages.
Russian businessman Boris Berezovsky (R) arrives at The High Court on October 4, 2011, in London, England. Mr. Berezovsky is alleging a breach of contract over business deals with fellow Russian and Chelsea Football Club owner Roman Abramovich and is claiming more than £3.2bn in damages.
Russian billionaire Boris Berezovsky, center, speaks to the media outside the High Court following today's ruling in London, U.K., on Friday, Aug. 31, 2012.
Russian billionaire Boris Berezovsky, center, leaves the High Court following today's ruling in London, U.K., on Friday, Aug. 31, 2012. Roman Abramovich won a lawsuit seeking about $6.8 billion over claims he intimidated Berezovsky into selling shares in two Russian oil and metal companies for far less than they were worth.
Boris Berezovsky addresses the media outside the Royal Courts of Justice after losing his lawsuit against Chelsea FC owner Roman Abramovich on August 31, 2012, in London, England.
Boris Berezovsky addresses the media outside the Royal Courts of Justice after losing his lawsuit against Chelsea FC owner Roman Abramovich on August 31, 2012 in London, England.
Boris Berezovsky addresses the media outside the Royal Courts of Justice after losing his lawsuit against Chelsea FC owner Roman Abramovich on August 31, 2012 in London, England.
Police stand guard at a roadblock near to where it is believed Boris Berezovsky lived on March 23, 2013, near Sunningdale, England. Local media are reporting that Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky has been found dead in his bath at home.
Russian media tycoon Boris Berezovsky says that he has film footage that proves that Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) was behind a series of apartment block blasts in Moscow and the city of Volgodonsk in 1999 killing about 300 people creating a pretext for Russia's ongoing war in Chechnya.
Russian media tycoon Boris Berezovsky says that he has film footage that proves that Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) was behind a series of apartment block blasts in Moscow and the city of Volgodonsk in 1999 killing about 300 people creating a pretext for Russia's ongoing war in Chechnya. Russian officials dismissed Berezovsky's allegations and may issue charges and an arrest warrant accusing him of sending money to Chechen rebels. Berezovsky has evaded the charges by moving to London.
Meeting With Boris Berezovsky With Family. Boris BEREZOVSKI walks with his wife Helena and their children Arina (8 years old) and Gleb (6 years old) as well as the dog labrador Sim in the park of their cottage in the SURREY.
Meeting With Boris Berezovsky With Family. Boris BEREZOVSKI walks with his wife Helena and their children Arina (8 years old) and Gleb (6 years old) as well as the dog labrador Sim in the park of their cottage in the SURREY.
Meeting With Boris Berezovsky With Family. Boris BEREZOVSKI looking at his wife Helena and her children Arina (8 years old) and Gleb (6 years old) swinging on the playground of their cottage in the SURREY.
Meeting With Boris Berezovsky With Family. Boris BEREZOVSKY walks with his wife Helena and their children Arina (8 years old) and Gleb (6 years old) as well as the dog labrador Sim in the park of their cottage in the SURREY.
Meeting With Boris Berezovsky With Family. Boris BEREZOVSKY and his wife Helena sit on the living room sofa with their children Arina (8) and Gleb (6) in their SURREY cottage.
Boris Berezovsky In His In London Office. Boris BEREZOVSKY sitting in his office at 7 Downstreet in LONDON, looking at his favorite picture showing him alongside Boris Yeltsin.
Meeting With Boris Berezovsky With Family. Boris BEREZOVSKY walks with his wife Helena and their daughter Arina (8 years old) in the park of their cottage in the SURREY.
Meeting With Boris Berezovsky With Family. Boris BEREZOVSKY and his wife Helena sit on the living room sofa with their children Arina (8) and Gleb (6) in their SURREY cottage.
Meeting With Boris Berezovsky With Family. Boris BEREZOVSKY standing beside his wife Helena surrounded by her children Arina (8 years old) and Gleb (6 years old) hugging her in the living room of their SURREY cottage.
The Aftermath Of The Litvinenko Case. Three months after the assassination of the Russian spy Alexander LITVINENKO, Boris BEREZOVSKY, the most famous of the oligarchs, is not afraid to name Vladimir PUTIN as the sponsor of the murder: the former 'godfather' of the Kremlin to The time of Yeltsin, now a political refugee in London, having tea with Marina, the widow of Litvinenko, in a hotel in the district of Mayfair.
Meeting With Boris Berezovsky With Family. Boris BEREZOVSKY looking at his wife Helena and her children Arina (8 years old) and Gleb (6 years old) swinging on the playground of their cottage in the SURREY.
Meeting With Boris Berezovsky With Family. Boris BEREZOVSKY walks with his wife Helena and their children Arina (8 years old) and Gleb (6 years old) as well as the dog labrador Sim in the park of their cottage in the SURREY.
Meeting With Boris Berezovsky With Family. Boris BEREZOVSKY walks with his wife Helena and their children Arina (8 years old) and Gleb (6 years old) as well as the dog labrador Sim in the park of their cottage in the SURREY.
Boris Berezovsky was a Russian business oligarch, government official and mathematician. He was a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Deputy Secretary of the Security Council, and Executive Secretary of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)
Background
Boris Berezovsky was born in Moscow in 1946 to Abram Markovich Berezovsky (1911–1979), a Jewish civil engineer in construction works, and his wife, Anna Aleksandrovna Gelman (1923 – 2013). He was known as a vocal critic of Vladimir Putin's anti-democratic rule of Russia, and an advocate of liberal, democratic progress for Russia and the former Soviet Union.