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Boris Berezovsky wins libel case against Russian state TV over Litvinenko case

Published: 10 March, 2010, 21:15
Edited: 15 July, 2010, 00:08


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A British High Court has ruled there is no evidence linking self-exiled Russian tycoon Boris Berezovsky to the murder of former Russian security officer Aleksandr Litvinenko, who was poisoned in 2006.

 
6 COMMENTS
Meslin March 11, 2010, 01:56 quote
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That Boris Berezovsky is a problem for Russia. The British attitude against the extradition of that man prove how cynical and deceitful are Great-Britain autorities. When dealing with capitalists, there is only one way of talking: MONEY.Consequently if Russian leaders really wanted for that person to stand trial in Moscow, the deal could be as follow: You have one week to put that man in a plane to Russia or all business collaboration and British investments cease after that date. Since British businessmen and politicians need a lot more Russia than Russia need them, you will see how quickly Berezovsky will be back to Moscow. JCM

Sarah March 11, 2010, 02:00 quote
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Yes, if you think someone has done something then you need evidence and to make sure they can't blur away. If you blindly hit in the dark, then you will sound like a crazy and it will come back at you and lessen the value of your word if your word has any value in the first place. Likewise, if you do something, you'd better be able to hand the baggage over to someone.

Vladimir March 11, 2010, 03:43 quote
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The British justice has already hit the bottom line with arbitration that nobody is responsible for murdering of Dr David Kelly, even though there is a widespreadly accepted opinion that Dr Kelly was murdered by a direct order of ex prime minister Tony Blair. It is the shadow of Dr Kelly that continually transforms the British justice system into a wormeaten pulp day by day. What a miserable end for once a proud nation! This buffoonery with Berezovski goes along the same line, and is nothing but another empty shot of British justice system.

john March 11, 2010, 14:54 quote
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well all this Russian TV station had to do was provide the source of the allegations they made against this person, they couldn't or wouldn't which made their claims liable,Sorry in England you need "evidence", unlike Russia where justice is bought and sold,Our judicial system in England is totally independent of government, because of this some cases where it would be "politically" expedient not to purse are dealt with and rulings are made based on the evidence presented, regardless of what outsiders think including the Russian state.

Pavel Vereschagin March 20, 2010, 22:08 quote
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I vividly remember that day and shocking TV pictures of the man fading away in front of our eyes and dying a horrible death. The letter that he allegedly wrote before his death pointed in one direction and to the very top - at Vladimir Putin, the President of Russia… I have a few serious problems with this version: 1. Putin was the head of state at the time (pending election campaign!); the job description implies thinking ahead, taking care of the consequences and weighing them against the benefits. His tireless efforts, as I remember, primarily were focused on establishing partner-like relationship of trust with the West. I find it incomprehensible that a man of his standing and charisma would have authorised such a heinous operation prone to huge risk that caused a very serious political scandal indeed. 2. Blaming V. Putin for every high profile assassination or murder in Russia has become a tradition in ‘western media’. It serves well certain political agendas, it is catchy, makes news and can be re-used as a fail-proof method of demonising Russia and pumping up already deflating ‘Russian Threat to the Free World’. Some secret service communities have character assassinations of Russian leadership as their daily bread and would praise bringing Putin down the same way as Manchester United winning the World Cup. Besides, decades of Cold War made it easy to imprint all this bias on general public as well. 3. Why selecting a radioactive poison identifiable as manufactured in Russia? Russian intelligence should have known all too well the capabilities of specialised UK labs (where most famous nuclear physicists worked), and could have foreseen that samples are likely to be taken there for further analysis. There must have been other options available to FSB… 7. I do not see the MOTIVE here… TO BE CONTINUED…see http://russiabacktothefuture.blogspot.com/

David July 14, 2010, 22:42 quote
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Berezovsky is sponsored -- in every way -- by the Rothschild financial and energy web, which continues to seek the destruction of the Russian state's independence and sovereignty. He lacks any and all credibility, as does that other Rothschild agent, Mikhail Khodorkovsky. London sadly continues to underestimate Russian strategic thinking.

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