Russian-Jewish oligarch and Kremlin critic Boris Berezovsky was hanged, a post-mortem examination found.
There was no sign of a violent struggle, the Independent reported
citing Thames Valley Police. Further tests will take several weeks, the
newspaper reported.
Berezovsky's body was found March 24 in the bathroom of his home in the London area,
Berezovsky, 67, once the richest man in Russia, fled to Britain about
10 years ago following a falling-out with Russian President Vladimir
Putin amid fraud charges that Berezovsky said were politically
motivated. The Moscow native, the son of a Jewish father and a mother
with Jewish roots, immigrated to Israel in 1993 but later renounced his
Israeli passport, according to the Israeli news website Walla.
Berezovsky became a strident and frequent critic of Putin, accusing the leader of ushering in a dictatorship.
He accumulated his wealth in the years following the collapse of
Soviet Russia by acquiring local firms, including oil companies and
television stations, rising to prominence during the term of Boris
Yeltsin in the 1990s. Russian media reported recently that Berezovsky
had suffered heavy financial losses.
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Wednesday 27 March 2013
Russian-Jewish oligarch Boris Berezovsky was hanged, autopsy finds
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