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2000:
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A conversation about Russian leaders
with Boris Berezovsky on Sep 20, 2000
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with Boris Berezovsky on Sep 20, 2000
Boris Abramovich Berezovsky is a Russian-born Jewish businessman and scientist now living in London. He moved to the UK in 2001 where he was granted political asylum. In 2003 he legally changed his name to Platon Elenin.
Berezovsky is a leading proponent of political and economic liberalization in Russia. He has frequently entered into politics by investing in the liberal media, financing liberal candidates, making political statements, and even seeking office himself. He was briefly secretary-general of the Commonwealth of Independent States and later a member of the Duma. Berezovsky had strong ties with Chechens through their Moscow diaspora connections. According to Ramzan Kadyrov, Berezovsky was strongly opposed to the Second Chechen War but nonetheless supported Vladimir Putin’s 2000 presidential campaign.
