 Boris Berezovsky – scientist, entrepreneur, politician, political refugee. In 1998, a group of FSB members, led by Alexander Litvinenko, uncovered and made public at a press-conference an FSB plan to assassinate Berezovsky.
After Vladimir Putin was elected president in the year 2000, Alexander Litvinenko and Boris Berezovsky were forced to flee from Russia, and were granted political asylum by Great Britain.
In 2001, Boris Berezovsky founded the New York-based Foundation for Civil Liberties, which supports democratic transitions in former Soviet countries.
Boris Berezovsky’s Foundation for Civil Liberties supported Alexander Litvinenko’s activity to disclose and uncover KGB and FSB crimes.
Boris Berezovsky and Alexander Litvinenko were friends, and had similar views of President Putin’s regime and administration.
Boris Berezovsky has expressed his determination to do everything possible to bring all those responsible for his friend’s death to justice, and to not let them escape punishment for their crimes.
In addition, together with other trustees of the Litvinenko Justice Foundation, he has decided to unite all Polunium-210 poison victims in order to prevent similar crimes from occurring and help them receive the compensation they rightfully deserve.
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