Officers said they are speaking to the Russian's close friends and family to build up a picture of his state of mind in the last days of his life. Specialist officers in chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear substances examined the country mansion in Mill Lane before declaring it safe. Mr Berezovsky fell out with Russian President Vladimir Putin and often feared for his life - prompting speculation in Britain and Russia over the manner of his death.Д®ven though police said they have found no evidence that anyone else was involved, it has not stopped widespread speculation. The inquest opened on Thursday by Berkshire coroner Peter Bedford was adjourned until a date to be set. 'My hopes for him now are that he is at peace and that he is happy.' However the coroner at the inquest into Berezovsky', s death later recorded an open verdict.Mr Berezovsky fell out with Russian President Vladimir Putin and often feared for his life A post-mortem examination found that his death was consistent with hanging and that there were no signs of a violent struggle. The court judged Berezovsky as an ", inherently unreliable", witness, who ", regarded truth as a transitory, flexible concept, which could be moulded to suit his current purposes", and that ", At times the evidence which he gave was deliberately dishonest, sometimes he was clearly making his evidence up as he went along in response to the perceived difficulty in answering the questions.", The court concluded that Berezovsky had never been a co-owner of Sibneft.Berezovsky was found dead at his home, Titness Park, at Sunninghill, near Ascot in Berkshire, on 23 March 2013. After he moved to Britain, the government took over his television assets, and he divested from other Russian holdings.In 2012, Berezovsky lost a London High Court case he brought over the ownership of Sibneft against Roman Abramovich, in which he sought over ?3 billion in damages. However, following the Russian presidential election in March 2000, Berezovsky went into opposition and resigned from the Duma. Berezovsky helped fund Unity вЂ“ the political party, which formed Vladimir Putin', s parliamentary base, and was elected to the Duma on Putin', s slate. He was at the height of his power in the later Yeltsin years, when he was deputy secretary of Russia', s security council, a friend of Boris Yeltsin', s influential daughter Tatyana, and a member of the Yeltsin ", family", (inner circle). In 1997 Forbes magazine estimated Berezovsky', s wealth at US$3 billion. Despite an Interpol Red Notice for Berezovsky', s arrest, Russia repeatedly failed to obtain the extradition of Berezovsky from Britain, which became a major point of diplomatic tension between the two countries.Berezovsky made his fortune in Russia in the 1990s when the country went through privatization of state property He profited from gaining control over various assets, including the country', s main television channel, Channel One. The first charges were brought during Primakov', s government in 1999. In Russia he was later convicted in absentia of fraud and embezzlement. In late 2000, after the Russian Deputy Prosecutor General demanded that Berezovsky appear for questioning, he did not return from abroad and moved to the UK, which granted him political asylum in 2003. An opponent of Vladimir Putin, Berezovsky clashed with the new president soon after his election in 2000 and was a vocal critic for the remainder of his life. He was a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Boris Abramovich Berezovsky (Russian: Р‘РѕСЂРё?СЃ РђР±СЂР°?РјРѕРІРёС‡ Р‘РµСЂРµР·Рѕ?РІСЃРєРёР№, 23 January 1946 вЂ“ 23 March 2013) was a Russian business oligarch, government official and mathematician.

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