http://en.ria.ru/russia/20130323/180208424/Controversial-Russian-Tycoon-Berezovsky-Dead-at-67.html Berezovsky Dead at 67 In 2001 Berezovsky fled to France and then to the UK. In 2002, the Russian authorities issued an arrest warrant for him on charges of money-laundering and illegal business activity. In November 2007, a Russian court sentenced Berezovsky, a former Kremlin insider during the rule of President Boris Yeltsin, to six years in jail in absentia for stealing millions of dollars from the Russian airline carrier Aeroflot in the 1990s. In June 2009, he was sentenced to a further 13 years in absentia for stealing thousands of cars from carmaker Avtovaz, also in the 1990s. Berezovsky denied the charges. Last May Russias Investigative Committee initiated two criminal cases against the UK-based Russian tycoon over his public calls for riots in order to prevent the inauguration of Russian President Vladimir Putin and his entry to the Kremlin on May 7. Berezovsky, one of the people who helped bring the former KGB agent to power in the late 1990s, warned that protest rallies may turn into the thunder of a cannonade. President Putin has been informed of Berezovsky's death, the president's spokesman Dmitry Peskov told the Russia 24 TV network. Peskov also said that Berezovsky had written to Putin perhaps a couple of months ago, asking forgiveness for the mistakes he had made and requesting permission to return to the motherland. You can't escape your destiny Boris. Rest in pieces.
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Granny says, "Dat's right - he didn't hang hisself, somebody strangled him... Boris Berezovsky 'found with ligature around his neck' 28 March 2013 - An inquest into the death of Russian tycoon Boris Berezovsky has heard he was found lying on his bathroom floor with a "ligature around his neck".
