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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== | ||
| − | + | 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> | |
==Affiliations== | ==Affiliations== | ||
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*[[Alexander Litvinenko]] | *[[Alexander Litvinenko]] | ||
*[[Alex Goldfarb]] | *[[Alex Goldfarb]] | ||
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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]
