Boris Berezovsky

Boris Berezovsky

Track news and info about Russian exile Boris Berezovsky. Mr Berezovsky claims that a Russian hitman planned to shoot him in a room at the Hilton hotel, in London's Park Lane. The plot was foiled.

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RBC, 20.03.2008, Moscow 19:56:38.Following the Russian Federa l Security Service's accusations that a TNK-BP employee was involved in industrial espionage, the Russian-British oil company issued a statement declaring that it was opposed to the use of unfair competitive practices. Commenting on searches carried out at the company's offices, spokesperson Alexander Shadrin said that TNK-BP never supported and does not codone any illegal activities, whose purpose is to bring harm to the Russian Federation. Furthermore, he stressed that the company continues to provide assistance to the law-enforcement bodies within the procedure established by law. According to Shadrin, TNK-BP, meanwhile, continues to conduct its business activities ... Read Full Story
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RBC, LUKoil Group's daily hydrocarbon production increased 1.7 percent to 2.181m barrels of oil equivalent in 2007 compared to a year earlier, the Russian oil company's press office reported. Oil output stood at 1.959m barrels per day, a 1.6 percent rise from 2006, with total oil production amounting to 96.464m tonnes in 2007, 1.5 percent above the previous year. LUKoil Group's saleable natural gas production increased 2.5 percent to 13.955bn cubic meters in 2007. The company attributes the slowdown in its production growth to the sale of a 50-percent stake in Caspian Investments (formerly, Nelson Resources), a company operating in hydrocarbon exploration and production ... Read Full Story
Written by The_Zimbio_Team on
RFE did an interview with self-exiled Russian businessman Boris Berezovsky. In this excerpt, Berezovsky responds to a question about possible neutral territory for a trial. Linked from http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2007/07/D66FD4D5-8991-4004-942A-F3B15CF62793.html --- RFE/RL: Now you're suggesting that both you and Andrei Lugovoi agree to be tried on neutral territory. What would be this neutral territory between the West and Russia? China? India? Berezovsky: I never said "neutral." I've said "other countries that have a judiciary that is independent from the executive branch and a court system that is not corrupt." There are actually many countries that fit that description, such as Denmark, Norway, Germany, and one can ... Read Full Story
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This is an interesting case. Sounds like Boris Berezovsky may have been right when he claimed that a Russian hitman was after him. Scotland Yard is pursuing the case. Linked from http://www.itv.com/news/c4d975a9960b47509cc54546e5396634.html --- Mr Berezovsky's spokeswoman said: "Three weeks ago, he was informed by Scotland Yard of a plot to kill him. They advised him to leave the country and after a week he was told it was OK to return." The would-be assassin apparently planned to lure Mr Berezovsky to a meeting and had taken a child with him so he looked less suspicious. The paper said the security service and Scotland Yard ... Read Full Story
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MOSCOW, October 2 (Itar-Tass) -- Russia’s former oil and media tycoon Boris Berezovsky has been charged in absentia with forming a criminal group, lawyer Andrei Borovkov told Itar-Tass on Friday. “A detective presented the indictment to lawyers ...  
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Fugitive Russian businessman Boris Berezovsky could soon lose more than $150 million when a British court rules on his divorce from wife, the Daily Mail newspaper said on Monday.  
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