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Russia Issues New Warrant for Tycoon
usa daily ^ | 8/7/07 | ) By JIM HEINTZ

Posted on 08/07/2007 5:39:52 PM PDT by Flavius

A court on Tuesday issued a new arrest warrant for exiled tycoon and Kremlin critic Boris Berezovsky, a move likely to increase tensions between Moscow and London over Britain's refusal to extradite him.

The Basmanny District Court issued the warrant on charges that Berezovsky stole some $13 million from the SBS-Agro banking giant. The previously unknown case surfaced late last month.

Berezovsky already is on trial in absentia for allegedly embezzling millions of dollars from the Russian flagship airline Aeroflot.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: aeroflot; berezovsky; russia
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1 posted on 08/07/2007 5:39:53 PM PDT by Flavius
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To: Flavius

Where’s a commie nutcase when you need him to tell you how wonderful Putin is in this farce?

RedIvan, call for you...


2 posted on 08/07/2007 5:43:09 PM PDT by bill1952 ("All that we do is done with an eye towards something else.")
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To: Flavius; Tailgunner Joe

This is interesting, ol’ Putin wouldn’t be President today without his patron oligarch, Berezovsky.


3 posted on 08/07/2007 6:08:15 PM PDT by xJones
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