“We shared a dramatic and dangerous history - he had helped me and I him, and, fundamentally, we shared the same enemy.”
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Boris Berezovsky
Boris Abramovich Berezovsky, also known as Platon Elenin, was a Russian business oligarch, government official, engineer and mathematician. He was a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences and held the federal state civilian service rank of 1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation.
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business · Russian businessman (1946–2013) · entrepreneur · mathematician · politician · economist · Russian oligarch · also Boris Berezovsky, Boris Berezovsky (businessman), Boris Abramovich Berezovsky, Berezovsky
Born 23 January 1946 · Died 23 March 2013 · Q311019
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2026· 4 entries
“To continue to hide would not be the right way to proceed. I am not afraid of being arrested in Moscow.”
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“And in this case he will get 20 years, he will spend just 10 years in jail, he will be released, his family will be paid, he will be paid and so on,”
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“s overture to prime-minister Stepashin.”
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2017· 1 entry
The Russian book The age of Berezovsky (also known as The time of Berezovsky) was published by Corpus (an imprint of AST), in which Petr Aven – a friend of Berezovsky – interviewed various people who were close to Berezo
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2013· 3 entries
Died 2013-03-23.
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“There is nothing I want more than to return to Russia.”
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However, he was impoverished and severely depressed, having lost a series of legal battles against his former friend Roman Abramovich, been forced to sell assets, and undergone a costly divorce settlement with his former
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2012· 1 entry
Berezovsky lost a High Court case he brought over the ownership of the major oil producer Sibneft, against Roman Abramovich, in which he sought over £3 billion in damages
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2011· 1 entry
Berezovsky brought a civil case against Roman Abramovich in the High Court of Justice in London, accusing Abramovich of blackmail, breach of trust and breach of contract, and seeking over £3 billion in damages
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2007· 2 entries
Career landmark: Participated in Visiting Dmitry Gordon (tournament / event).
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Following a trial in absentia, of fraud and embezzlement
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2006· 2 entries
Berezovsky sold the Kommersant ("The Businessman") newspaper and his remaining Russian assets to Badri Patarkatsishvili
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A UK court awarded Berezovsky £50,000 in libel damages against the Russian private bank Alfa-Bank and its chairman, Mikhail Fridman
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2005· 2 entries
Revealed the involvement of the British Ambassador to Russia, Sir Andrew Wood, and explained that his former negotiations counterpart, the Islamic militant leader Movladi Udugov, helped arrange the Britons' release
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Neil Bush met with Berezovsky in Latvia, causing tension with Russia due to Berezovsky's fugitive status
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2001· 4 entries
The Russian government made a systematic takeover of privately owned television networks, in the course of which Berezovsky, Gusinsky, and Patarkatsishvili lost most of their media holdings, prompting Patarkatsishvili to
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Expanded his article into a book entitled Godfather of the Kremlin, alternatively subtitled The Decline of Russia in the Age of Gangster Capitalism and Boris Berezovsky and the looting of Russia
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Ostensibly for his stake in the company was actually in recognition of Berezovsky's "political assistance and protection" during the creation of Sibneft in 1995
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Berezovsky and Patarkatsishvili ended their involvement in Sibneft for a US$1
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2000· 4 entries
Berezovsky revealed that financier George Soros declined an invitation to participate in the acquisition
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The House of Lords gave Berezovsky and Nikolai Glushkov permission to sue for libel in the UK courts
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Career landmark: member of the State Duma (2000–2003).
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Berezovsky argued that in the absence of a strong civil society and middle class it may sometimes be necessary for capitalists "to interfere directly in the political process" of Russia as a counterweight to ex-Communist
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1999· 1 entry
Putin had secretly visited a villa in Spain belonging to Berezovsky
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1998· 2 entries
Was effective in the release of two English aid workers who had been held hostage for ransom in Chechnya for 14 months
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It is reported in the documentary series Captive that Boris Berezovsky, in 1998, was effective in the release of two English aid workers who had been held hostage for ransom in Chechnya for 14 months
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1997· 1 entry
Which he amassed through the privatisation of state property in the early 1990s, most notably the main television channel, Channel One
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1996· 4 entries
Awarded Russian Federation Presidential Certificate of Gratitude (1996).
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The Russian-American journalist Paul Klebnikov wrote a highly critical article entitled "Godfather of the Kremlin
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Berezovsky entered the Kremlin's inner circle in 1993 through arranging for the publication of Yeltsin's memoirs and befriended Valentin Yumashev, the President's ghost-writer
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Forbes, an American business magazine, published an article by Paul Klebnikov entitled "Godfather of the Kremlin
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1995· 1 entry
Played a key role in a management reshuffle at Aeroflot and participated in its corporatization, with his close associate Nikolai Glushkov becoming Aeroflot's CFO
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1994· 1 entry
Berezovsky was the target of a car bombing incident, but survived the assassination attempt, in which his driver was killed and he himself was injured
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1993· 1 entry
With Alexander Voloshin (Boris Yeltsin's future Chief of Staff) and AvtoVAZ Chairman Vladimir Kadannikov
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1991· 2 entries
Berezovsky founded the "Triumph" award, bestowed upon outstanding Russian poets, musicians, artists, directors and ballet dancers
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In 1991, Berezovsky founded the "Triumph" award, bestowed upon outstanding Russian poets, musicians, artists, directors and ballet dancers.
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1989· 1 entry
Berezovsky took advantage of the opportunities presented by perestroika to found LogoVAZ (Russian: ЛогоВАЗ) with Badri Patarkatsishvili and senior managers from Russian automobile manufacturer AvtoVAZ
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1979· 1 entry
Boris Berezovsky was detained by the OBKhSS authorities in Makhachkala (Dagestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic) for profiteering
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1978· 1 entry
Awarded Lenin Komsomol Prize (1978).
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1968· 1 entry
Berezovsky worked as an engineer from 1969 until 1987, serving as assistant research officer, research officer and finally the head of a department in the Institute of Control Sciences of the USSR Academy of Sciences
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1946· 2 entries
Born 1946-01-23.
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In Moscow, to Abram Markovich Berezovsky (1911–1979), an Ashkenazi Jewish civil engineer in construction works, and his wife, Anna Aleksandrovna Gelman (22 November 1923 – 3 September 2013)
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