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[[Boris Berezovsky]] is a Russian businessman. According to the ''Independent'', he was seen as "the original oligarch... ..the richest and most influential of Russia's new tycoons, a compulsive networker with fingers in many pies", before he left Russia for exile in the UK in 2000.<ref>Mary Dejevsky, [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/boris-berezovsky-the-first-oligarch-425723.html Boris Berezovsky: The first oligarch], The Independent, 25 November 2006.</ref>
  
 
==25 Grosvenor Street==
 
==25 Grosvenor Street==
Berezvsky owns 25 Grosvenor Street in Mayfair, where Polonium traces were found in November 2006 following the death of [[Alexander Litvinenko]].<ref>[http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/radioactive-traces-found-at-berezovskys-office-426112.html Radioactive traces found at Berezovsky's office], by [[Cahal Milmo]], [[Jason Bennetto]] and [[Anne Penketh]], [[The Independent]], 28 November 2006.</ref>Two British security companies, [[Titon International]] and [[Erinys International]] rent premises in the building. Erinys subsequently confirmed that Litvinenko had visited its offices.<ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/11/28/nspy28.xml  Radiation traces found in Berezovsky office], by [[Duncan Gardham]] [[Ben Fenton]], telegraph.co.uk, 29 November 2006.</ref>
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Berezovsky owns 25 Grosvenor Street in Mayfair, where Polonium traces were found in November 2006 following the death of [[Alexander Litvinenko]].<ref>[http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/radioactive-traces-found-at-berezovskys-office-426112.html Radioactive traces found at Berezovsky's office], by [[Cahal Milmo]], [[Jason Bennetto]] and [[Anne Penketh]], [[The Independent]], 28 November 2006.</ref>Two British security companies, [[Titon International]] and [[Erinys International]] rent premises in the building. Erinys subsequently confirmed that Litvinenko had visited its offices.<ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/11/28/nspy28.xml  Radiation traces found in Berezovsky office], by [[Duncan Gardham]] [[Ben Fenton]], telegraph.co.uk, 29 November 2006.</ref>
  
 
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==Affiliations==
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[[Category:Russia|Berezovsky, Boris]]

Revision as of 17:11, 19 July 2010

Boris Berezovsky is a Russian businessman. According to the Independent, he was seen as "the original oligarch... ..the richest and most influential of Russia's new tycoons, a compulsive networker with fingers in many pies", before he left Russia for exile in the UK in 2000.[1]

25 Grosvenor Street

Berezovsky owns 25 Grosvenor Street in Mayfair, where Polonium traces were found in November 2006 following the death of Alexander Litvinenko.[2]Two British security companies, Titon International and Erinys International rent premises in the building. Erinys subsequently confirmed that Litvinenko had visited its offices.[3]

Affiliations

Connections

  • Mary Dejevsky, Boris Berezovsky: The first oligarch, The Independent, 25 November 2006.
  • Radioactive traces found at Berezovsky's office, by Cahal Milmo, Jason Bennetto and Anne Penketh, The Independent, 28 November 2006.
  • Radiation traces found in Berezovsky office, by Duncan Gardham Ben Fenton, telegraph.co.uk, 29 November 2006.