In photos: The intriguing life of Boris Berezovsky
The Russian tycoon, who amassed his wealth in the 1990s, was no stranger to conflict and had high-profile foes, like Russian President Vladimir Putin
Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky arrives at a division of the High Court in London on Jan. 17, 2012. The legal defeat against Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich and the damning words of Judge Gloster sent Mr. Berezovsky into a depression and crippled him financially, friends have said.STEFAN WERMUTH/Reuters
Russian tycoon Roman Abramovich, owner of England's Chelsea Football Club, leaves the High Court in London for a lunch break, on Oct. 31, 2011. Self-exiled Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky accused Mr. Abramovich of betraying and blackmailing him, as the two former business partners faced each other in a multi-billion-dollar lawsuit over an oil deal. The judge eventually threw out the case last August. In her ruling, Judge Elizabeth Gloster called Mr. Berezovsky delusional and ‘deliberately dishonest.’Sang Tan/The Associated Press
A police cordon blocks the road leading to Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky's house, where he was found dead. Mr. Berezovsky, who helped broker Vladimir Putin's rise to the Kremlin's top job only to become his sworn enemy, was 67 at the time of his death. British police have said Mr. Berezovsky died by hanging and without violent struggle, though more tests will be conducted in the coming days.OLIVIA HARRIS/Reuters
Boris Berezovsky, right, and Mikhail Khodarkovsky, two of Russia's most prominent tycoons, are pictured at a reception in Moscow at an unknown date.Alexei Kondratyev/The Associated Press
Boris Berezovsky, centre, talks to journalists after leaving Bow Street Magistrates Court in London in 2003, wearing a mask showing the face of Russia's President Vladimir Putin. Mr. Berezovsky was arrested in Britain on March 25, 2003 with Yuly Dubov, a co-director and former chief executive of the Logovaz car company, after Russian officials sought his extradition on $1.9-billion fraud charges.PETER MACDIARMID/Reuters
Russian businessman Boris Berezovsky stands beside demonstration banners in front of the Russian embassy in London, on May 26, 2004. Mr. Berezovsky took part in a demonstration against the imprisonment of Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the head of the Yukos oil company, who has been imprisoned in a Russian jail facing fraud charges since October, 2003.PETER MACDIARMID/Reuters