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Georgian opposition figure dies Georgia tycoon death 'suspicious'
(about 2 hours later)
Georgian businessman and opposition politician Badri Patarkatsishvili has died of heart attack in London, aides and associates have announced. British police have said they are treating as "suspicious" the death of Georgian tycoon and opposition politician Badri Patarkatsishvili.
Mr Patarkatsishvili, 52, financed his own campaign in January's presidential election, which was won by incumbent Mikhail Saakashvili. Mr Patarkatsishvili, 52, died in Leatherhead, near London, on Tuesday. His aides said he had a heart attack.
He has since been charged with plotting a coup in connection with anti-government protests last year. Mr Patarkatsishvili financed his own campaign in January's presidential poll won by incumbent Mikhail Saakashvili.
He lived in self-imposed exile in the UK and Israel. He was later charged with plotting a coup in connection with anti-government protests last year.
His former business associate, exiled Russian tycoon Boris Berezovsky, said he died at about 2300 GMT on Tuesday. He lived in self-imposed exile in Britain and Israel.
Post mortem examination
"Police were called to an address in Leatherhead in Surrey late yesterday evening (around 2300 GMT) following the collapse and death of a Georgian businessman, Badri Patarkatsishvili who is believed to have been 52," British police said in a statement.
"As with all unexpected deaths it is being treated as suspicious. A post mortem will be held later today to establish the cause of death," it said.
Mr Patarkatsishvili's former business associate, exiled Russian tycoon Boris Berezovsky, also said he died at about 2300 GMT on Tuesday.
Mr Berezovsky said he had seen him that day. He was not ill but complained about his heart, he said.Mr Berezovsky said he had seen him that day. He was not ill but complained about his heart, he said.
Last year, Mr Patarkatsishvili said in Britain that he feared his rivals were planning to assassinate him, the BBC's James Cook says.
'Assassination plot''Assassination plot'
A supporter of the Rose Revolution which brought Mr Saakashvili to power in 2004, Mr Patarkatsishvili later turned against the government and began financing opposition parties. A supporter of the so-called Rose Revolution which brought Mr Saakashvili to power in 2004, Mr Patarkatsishvili later turned against the government and began financing opposition parties.
The authorities accused him of offering a $100m (£50m) bribe to a senior police official to help him overthrow the government and seize the Georgian interior minister.The authorities accused him of offering a $100m (£50m) bribe to a senior police official to help him overthrow the government and seize the Georgian interior minister.
He denied the charge, saying that he himself was being targeted in an assassination plot.He denied the charge, saying that he himself was being targeted in an assassination plot.
But the opposition tried to distance itself from his election campaign, and he came third with just 7% of the vote behind their official candidate Levan Gachechiladze.But the opposition tried to distance itself from his election campaign, and he came third with just 7% of the vote behind their official candidate Levan Gachechiladze.