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Boris Berezovski

Boris Berezovski is one among thirteen Russian oligarchs who became rich during Yeltsin’s privatizations. He is alleged to be linked to Russian mafia groups and took part in boycotting the peace negotiations in Chechnya. He now lives in Great Britain where he got political asylum in 2003.

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“In Defense of Russia’s Oligarch Wars”

by Boris Berezovski

14 January 2006

I can’t be emotionally neutral when approaching Vladimir Putin’s war on Russian “oligarchs” since I am often rated as one. Nevertheless, I have the advantage of knowing that policy from inside. As a victim of that “war” I can speak of it in the right terms and I know the repressive power of the (…)