Boris Berezovsky – a life in photos
BORIS Berezovsky is dead. He was found at his Ascot, Berkshire, home. His body was found in the bath. The billionaire was a thorn in Russian leader Vladmir Putin’s side. Twice Berezovsky survived assassination attempts – one in London and once in his native Russia. Early reports suggest he was suicidal at the loss of a legal fight with Roman Abramovich, another London-based Russian oligarch. What really happened? We might never know:
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Russian business tycoon Boris Berezovsky speaks at a press conference in Moscow, Wednesday Nov. 5, 1997. Searching for ways to strengthen an unruly alliance, 12 former Soviet republics on Wednesday, April 29, 1998, named Berezovsky, a controversial Russian billionaire as executive secretary of the Commonwealth of Independent States. The CIS was created after the 1991 Soviet collapse.
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Posted: 24th, March 2013 | In: In Pictures, Reviews Comment (1) | TrackBack | Permalink
