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Topic: Russian oligarchs

March 26, 2013
1:56 am

Russian tycoon Boris Berezovsky talks to the media after losing a case against Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich as he leaves the High Court in London, in 2012. (photo credit: AP)

Post-mortem shows Russian Jewish oligarch died from hanging

Nothing in Berezovsky’s death points to violent struggle, police say

March 23, 2013
9:55 pm

Russian tycoon Boris Berezovsky talks to the media after losing a case against Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich as he leaves the High Court in London, in 2012. (photo credit: AP)

Self-exiled Jewish oligarch found dead in England

Boris Berezovsky, who had a bitter falling out with Putin and sought political asylum outside Russia, dies at 67

November 12, 2012
6:17 pm

Residents of Hitler's hometown fear that his former house could become a pilgrimage site for neo-Nazis if sold to the wrong buyer. (Kerstin Joensson/AP)

Russian MP wants to buy Hitler’s first home — so he can destroy it

Frantz Klintsevich, a member of Vladimir Putin’s ruling party, has launched a campaign to raise $2.8 million to purchase the dictator’s Austrian birthplace

By Nissan Tzur