Berezovsky's arrest warrant begins.

Since the new Russian President Putin came to power in 2000, berezovsky immediately became the target of Putin's regime. He was accused of financial fraud and corruption. He resigned as a member of the State Duma (the lower house of parliament) who can enjoy criminal immunity, went to France, then settled in Britain and continued to engage in activities against the Russian government. Berezovsky refused to give in and formed the political party "Free Russia". Berezovsky, accused of stealing the country and embezzling huge amounts of property from enterprises, sold his property. In order to avoid being sued, 200 1 immigrated to Britain and sought political asylum. Since then, he has been wanted by Russian police.

In 200 1 year, the Russian authorities requested the extradition of berezovsky on charges of fraud and money laundering, which was rejected by Britain, and the relationship between the two countries deteriorated. Two years later, Britain granted berezovsky political asylum.

In 2006, berezovsky's close friend and former Russian agent Alexander Litvinenko died of poisoning after drinking a cup of tea believed to contain a large amount of radioactive substance polonium -2 10 in a London hotel, and the relationship between Britain and Russia further deteriorated. Berezovsky accused the Kremlin of ordering poisoning, but the Russian side denied it. It retorted that berezovsky deliberately created mysterious deaths to discredit the Russian government.

In 2007, berezovsky claimed that he was narrowly assassinated, and the suspect may be the murderer of the litvinenko case.

On June 5438+065438+ 10, 2007, berezovsky was sentenced to six years' imprisonment in absentia and charged with embezzling about 8.79 million US dollars of assets of Aeroflot. Berezovsky insisted that this was "political persecution" by the Russian government.

2009-07-03 Moscow prosecutors sentenced Russian oligarch boris berezovsky 15 years in prison for defrauding 3 million pounds.

20 12 berezovsky went to court with another Russian rich man, Abramovich, owner of Chelsea Football Club in England. They used to be business partners, but they broke up. The lawsuit between them is about the oil company transaction dispute in the 1990s. Berezovsky accused the other party of forcing him to sell his shares at an ultra-low price. Finally, the court rejected his lawsuit.