In an open letter to Putin published in Kommersant Berezovsky, then a Duma deputy, said that he would be obliged to vote against the president's legislative project, which was " directed toward changing the state's structure " and represented a " threat to Russia's territorial integrity and democracy.

A Moscow trial in November 2007 found him guilty of embezzling nearly 215m roubles (£ 4. 3m ) from Aeroflot. The court said that in the 1990s Berezovsky was a member of an " organised criminal group " that stole the airline's foreign currency earnings.

In September 2005, Berezovsky said in an interview with the BBC: " I'm sure that Putin doesn't have the chance to survive, even to the next election in 2008.

" Berezovsky said he had dedicated much of the last six years to " trying to destroy the positive image of Putin " held by many in the West by portraying him whenever possible as a dangerously anti-democratic figure.

The managing director of the United Civil Front, in turn, said that the organization would consider suing Berezovsky over these allegations, but the lawsuit has never been brought before the court.

In June 2007 Berezovsky said he fled Britain on the advice of Scotland Yard, amid reports that he was the target of an assassination attempt by a suspected Russian hitman.

Berezovsky said he was told the assassin would be someone he knew, who would shoot him in the head and then surrender to the police.

Markov said that the film was " a well-made professional example of the propagandist and psychological war that Boris Berezovsky is notoriously good at.

On June 11, 2006 Boris Berezovsky said Boris Nemtsov received a word from Khakamada that Putin threatened her and like-minded colleagues in person.

Former president Leonid Kravchuk accused Russian oligarch, Boris Berezovsky, of financing Yushchenko's campaign, and provided copies of documents showing money transfers from companies he said are controlled by Berezovsky to companies controlled by Yuschenko's official backers.

On 16 December 2010 Vladimir Putin said in a live television broadcast that, during the 1990s, Nemtsov, Milov and Ryzhkov " dragged a lot of billions along with Berezovsky and those who are now in prison ...

He had, he said, recommended Putin to Pavel Borodin, then a senior member of President Boris Yeltsin's Kremlin administration-and his business partner Boris Berezovsky, a Yeltsin insider, had got Putin appointed as Russian FSB director.

In May 2012, The Sunday Times reported how the Prince had received £ 320, 000 ($ 514, 000 ) during a six-year period from 2002 to 2008 into a family business owned by the prince's secretary, from a fund controlled by Berezovsky in which 56 payments of between £ 5, 000 and £ 15, 000 were sent through offshore companies.

The hearings, which started on 3 October 2011, examined Berezovsky's US $ 5. 5 billion claim against Abramovich for damages arising from the sale of his assets under alleged " threats and intimidation " The Daily Mail reported that Berezovsky only succeeded in serving a writ on Abramovich when both men happened to be shopping on Sloane Street, with Berezovsky dashing from Dolce and Gabbana to confront Abramovich in Hermes.

The Times reported that Boris Berezovsky is fighting Badri's widow for £ 3bn or half of Badri's fortune, after full one year of Badri's mysterious death last year, reportedly caused by heart-failure.

On 9 August Yeltsin sacked the government of Sergei Stepashin and appointed Putin prime minister, amid reports that Berezovsky had masterminded the reshuffle

As AvtoVAZ was allowed to sell cars to private dealers in late 1980s, Boris Berezovsky arranged to resell the cars to the public through his LogoVAZ dealerships.

Simultaneously some domestic musicians like Maksym Berezovsky and Dmitry Bortniansky were sent abroad to learn to write operas.

The company was later purchased by Russian businessman Boris Berezovsky and an unknown group of private persons.

One of the most prominent of the financial barons Boris Berezovsky, who controlled major stakes in several banks and companies, exerted an extensive influence over state television programming for a while.

Along with Berezovsky, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Roman Abramovich, Vladimir Potanin, Vladimir Bogdanov, Rem Viakhirev, Vagit Alekperov, Viktor Chernomyrdin, Viktor Vekselberg, and Mikhail Fridman emerged as Russia's most powerful and prominent oligarchs.

Putin has confronted several very influential oligarchs ( Vladimir Gusinsky, Boris Berezovsky and Mikhail Khodorkovsky, in particular ) who attained large stakes of state assets, allegedly through illegal schemes, during the privatization process.

Gusinsky and Berezovsky have been forced to leave Russia and give up parts of their assets.

In 2001 and 2002, TV channels NTV ( previously owned by Gusinsky ), TV6 and TVS ( owned by Berezovsky ) were all taken over by media groups loyal to Putin.

Among past guest speakers are Andrew Lloyd Webber, J. K. Rowling, Vivienne Westwood, Ian McKellen, Kevin Warwick, Boris Johnson, Rowan Atkinson, Ralph Fiennes, Terry Wogan, King Constantine II of Greece, Katie Price, Zoe Wanamaker, Boris Berezovsky and Kit Hesketh-Harvey.

According to the KGB defector Oleg Gordievsky in 2008, Zakayev was placed # 2 on the FSB assassination list, between Berezovsky and Litvinenko.

in Forbes accused Boris Berezovsky of ordering the murder.

Berezovsky sued the magazine for libel in British court.

Klebnikov expanded allegations in his book Godfather of the Kremlin: Boris Berezovsky and the looting of Russia.

The authors believed that Korzhakov also used the murder to blame Berezovsky and to prepare his arrest.

Among Martini's pupils: the Belgian André Ernest Modeste Grétry, the Bohemian Josef Mysliveček, the Ukrainian Maksym Berezovsky, Stanislao Mattei, the young Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Johann Christian Bach and the famous Italian cellist Giovanni Battista Cirri.

These include ethnic Ukrainian composers Dmitri Bortniansky, Maksim Berezovsky and Artem Vedel.

Many of the early classical composers of Russia such as Dmitry Bortniansky, Maksym Berezovsky and Artemy Vedel and a significant number of others were of Ukrainian descent.

His bid was tentatively supported by billionaires Leonid Nevzlin and Boris Berezovsky ( both in exile after corruption indictments against them in Russia ), and also by former chess world champion Garry Kasparov.

Prince Michael has been under close scrutiny by the media for financial assistance given to him by Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky.

In an interview with The Sunday Times Berezovsky stated, " There is nothing underhand or improper about the financial assistance I have given Prince Michael.

Sibneft was created in 1995, at the suggestion of Boris Berezovsky, comprising some of the most valuable assets of a state-owned oil company.

In a controversial auction process, Berezovsky acquired 50 % of the company at what most agree was a very low price.

She was talking about him that time, because he had done some bad thing, something she disliked, but `` Afterwards Martin said he was sorry.

He is said to have been a demanding person, and disliked any direct publicity about his personality and did not wish to be idolized.

Piper has said that he and other fellow wrestlers disliked Mr. T because he was an actor and had never paid his dues as a professional wrestler.

She has said that she drew inspiration for Snape's character from a disliked teacher from her own childhood, and described Snape as a horrible teacher, saying the " worst, shabbiest thing you can do as a teacher is to bully students.

It is said that de Montfort was reluctant to approve the oligarchical constitution created by the Provisions of Oxford, but there is better ground for believing that he disliked the narrow class-spirit of the victorious Barons, and that he would have preferred to make a compromise with the moderate royalists whose policy was guided by Prince Edward.

He particularly disliked having to finish with Jupiter, to make a ' happy ending ', for, as he himself said, ' in the real world the end is not happy at all '".

Jean Richard had an earlier long-running series playing the character on French television — however, Simenon himself is said to have disliked Richard's Maigret because he would not take his hat off when entering a room.

Murphy disliked the part, explaining he wanted to play an alien or a Starfleet officer, and chose to make The Golden Child — a decision Murphy later said was a mistake.

They are said to have disliked show business.

Paul said he first saw the " new " Gibson Les Paul in a music-store window, and disliked it.

Gaye's vocal style changed in the late 1960s in which he was told to incorporate a sharper raspy voice especially in Norman Whitfield's recordings, which Gaye initially profoundly disliked, considered it out of his range, but said he was " into being produce-able ".

It is said that the archduchess disliked the deep connection that existed between the empress and Maximilian, who were confidantes and shared the same tastes for many things, especially because her sister-in-law was universally admired for her beauty and charms.

Some said that Marie Antoinette refused the necklace because she did not want to wear any jewel which had been designed for another woman, especially if that woman was a courtesan disliked by the Queen.

Henry is said to have disliked his younger brother, Charles, and teased him, although this derives from only one anecdote: when Charles was nine years of age, Henry snatched off the hat of a bishop and put it on the younger child's head, then told his younger brother that when he became king he would make Charles Archbishop of Canterbury, and then Charles would have a long robe to hide his ugly rickety legs.

Stone was one of the producers who disliked the name, but, he said, " I was outvoted, for which I'm deeply grateful ".

Only two people were killed-a particularly disliked guard and one of the prisoners who was said to have co-operated with the guards.

It is said that after one he particularly disliked, he wrote the following: " I am sitting in the smallest room of my house.

William Oldys said of him that he " would not stoop to fawn ," and some of his verses seem to show that he disliked the pressures of life at court.

Virginia Tighe disliked being in the spotlight and was skeptical about reincarnation, although she said years later: " Well, the older I get the more I want to believe in it.

* Dr. Joyce Brothers – Only the second contestant to win the show's big prize ( after expertly thwarting numerous attempts to bump her from the show because Martin Revson was said to have disliked her and doubted her credibility as a boxing expert ), Brothers has enjoyed the most enduring fame and media success among anyone who rose to prominence by way of Question.

Spooner is said to have disliked the reputation gained for getting his words muddled.

Al Muzani said of him, “ He said in the Old School: ‘ Supplication ends with the invocation of blessings on the Prophet, and its end is but by means of it .’” Al-Karabisi said: “ I heard al-Shafi ’ i say that he disliked for someone to say ‘ the Messenger ’ ( al-Rasul ), but that he should say ‘ Allah ’ s Messenger ’ ( Rasul Allah ) out of veneration for him .” He divided his night into three parts: one for writing, one for praying, and one for sleeping.