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| Russian tycoon Boris Berezovsky found dead | Russian tycoon Boris Berezovsky found dead |
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| The exiled Russian tycoon Boris Berezovsky has been found dead at his home in Surrey. | The exiled Russian tycoon Boris Berezovsky has been found dead at his home in Surrey. |
| The circumstances of the death of the 67-year-old - a wanted man in Russia, and an opponent of President Vladimir Putin - are not yet known. | The circumstances of the death of the 67-year-old - a wanted man in Russia, and an opponent of President Vladimir Putin - are not yet known. |
| A former Kremlin power-broker whose fortunes declined under Mr Putin, Mr Berezovsky emigrated to the UK in 2000. | A former Kremlin power-broker whose fortunes declined under Mr Putin, Mr Berezovsky emigrated to the UK in 2000. |
| Last year, he lost a £3bn ($4.7bn) damages claim against Chelsea Football Club owner Roman Abramovich. | Last year, he lost a £3bn ($4.7bn) damages claim against Chelsea Football Club owner Roman Abramovich. |
| 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". | 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 Berozovsky an "inherently unreliable" witness. | The allegations were completely rejected by the London Commercial Court judge, who called Mr Berozovsky 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. | |
| Diminished wealth | Diminished wealth |
| Mr Berezovsky had made his fortune in the 1990s selling imported Mercedes as well as Russian-made cars. | Mr Berezovsky had made his fortune in the 1990s selling imported Mercedes as well as Russian-made cars. |
| Later owning Sibneft and as primary shareholder in Russia's main television channel, he supported Boris Yeltsin's rise to power. | |
| Mr Berezovsky survived numerous assassination attempts, including a bomb that decapitated his chauffeur. | 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. | 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. | 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. | |