Boris Berezovsky, a self-exiled Russian tycoon and a staunch critic of President Vladimir Putin, has been found dead in mysterious circumstances in southeast England. Berezovsky, 67, was found dead on Saturday and police are currently treating his death as unexplained.
His body was reportedly found in a bathroom. Police are searching his London-area home for possible chemical, radiological or biological evidence.
‘Thames Valley Police’s Scenes of Crimes Officers are now carrying out a full and thorough investigation at the property to determine the circumstances surrounding the man’s death,’ police said in a statement. Speculation over Berezovsky’s cause of death ran the gamut from suicide to heart attack.
‘Initial suggestions that Berezovsky may have committed suicide were quickly quashed by his close associates,’ Russia’s state-owned RIA Novosti news agency reported. A family friend told Russian media that Berezovsky had suffered a heart attack, the agency said.
His body was reportedly found in a bathroom. Police are searching his London-area home for possible chemical, radiological or biological evidence.
‘Thames Valley Police’s Scenes of Crimes Officers are now carrying out a full and thorough investigation at the property to determine the circumstances surrounding the man’s death,’ police said in a statement. Speculation over Berezovsky’s cause of death ran the gamut from suicide to heart attack.
‘Initial suggestions that Berezovsky may have committed suicide were quickly quashed by his close associates,’ Russia’s state-owned RIA Novosti news agency reported. A family friend told Russian media that Berezovsky had suffered a heart attack, the agency said.