Berezovsky found dead

unkel

Guardian

Suicide or more sinister?

Praetorian Saighdiuir

He shot himself in the back of the head.

Im sure the Kremlin are relieved.

Winston Payne

Criticise Putin?


Live in Britain?


Have you got your affairs in order? I'll just leave this coffin brochure here...

He had his life savings in a bank in Cyprus and his UK bank account was almost empty (according to the news), he was found dead in the bath!

Seachmall

Deleted User wrote: »

He had his life savings in a bank in Cyprus and his UK bank account was almost empty (according to the news), he was found dead in the bath!

Common method of committing suicide is slitting your wrists in the bath.



(I've actually no idea how common it is but I've heard it a few times so imagine it's more common than the methods I've never heard of.)

The have cordened off a pretty large area around his house and local residents have not been allowed to return to their homes (as at 10pm news).

Bit much for a suicide.

Double post

Strawberry Milkshake

Strawberry Milkshake wrote: »

The have cordened off a pretty large area around his house and local residents have not been allowed to return to their homes (as at 10pm news).

Bit much for a suicide.

Death of a high profile person usually involves high profile policing, but then again in any suspicious death the police tend to cordon off an area several times the size of the "crime scene".

EireGreg

surely people cant fall for the suicide story really??????

Dwork

Praetorian Saighdiuir wrote: »

He shot himself in the back of the head four times.

Im sure the Kremlin are relieved.

FYP. Also, there has been a spate of "deaths" in the UK and Russia lately that are related to massive frauds, embezzelment and dodgy dealings. The Uk police are doing toxicology reports on some Russian financier who "had a heart attack" while out jogging in a posh London suburb. If it turns out he was "hit" there will be a lot of political fallout. Sure Russia's as dodgy as a three Euro note, business rivals and whistleblowers tend to "die" and a lot of Police, Tax Inspectors and officials are up to their neck in it. This latest "death" will add fuel to that fire, but there's billions at play, that usually motivates people to go to a lot of rounds to cover their tracks well. Apparently, chechen hit squads have been recorded as flying in and out of Britain around 60 times already this year. I wonder how many other "deaths" have occurred and been overlooked?

Which makes me think it wasn't suicide. Local residents would at least be allowed back into their homes and these residents are affluent themselves. Big money lives in that part of Ascot.

Rhys Essien

He only lost 3 billion in a court case against Roman Abramovich a few years back.

Rhys Essien

Id say all those Russian billionaires are as shady as fcuk anyway.Abramovich's past is fairly murky.Its a wonder the Russian people are accepting it.

Winston Payne

Difficult to bring leverage against a billionaire.

Dwork

Rhys Essien wrote: »

Id say all those Russian billionaires are as shady as fcuk anyway.Abramovich's past is fairly murky.Its a wonder the Russian people are accepting it.

Err, billionaire with ten bodyguards dead. Ordinary person with no bodyguards....

hfallada

The reason why russias keep bank their savings in Cyprus is that if you fall out with Putin you get the **** out of Russia.

Even if his savings were in cyprus he would have only lost 20% max. Like you have question how happy the Russian expats are. Although they live mega mansion and have large yachts. They come from nothing to having everything but also the constant risk of kid knapping and aren't really welcomed in the uk and usa

allthedoyles

His death is '' unexplained ''

Probably Sudden Adult Death Syndrome

Duggys Housemate

Of course it's not a sucicide. The police are calling it suspicious.

EDIT: actually unexplained.

hyperborean

6 knife wounds in the back, the russians are saying its the worst case of suicide in years

kraggy

Seachmall wrote: »

Common method of committing suicide is slitting your wrists in the bath.



(I've actually no idea how common it is but I've heard it a few times so imagine it's more common than the methods I've never heard of.)

That method is more common among women. As is an overdose. Men tend to go for hanging, gunshot etc.

Hande hoche!

Someone has to mention special tea and polonium.

DEFTLEFTHAND

Since Perestroika and Glasnost 'Bratva' (Russian Mafia) have grown at an alarming rate. Anyone involved at the top end of high commerce in Russia will know their influence. Considering his history I wouldn't rule out mob involvement.

the_syco

Seems he may have died of a heart attack.

Can plutonium cause heart attacks? :pac:

allthedoyles

Experts in chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) emergencies have been deployed to the British property where Russian exile Boris Berezovsky was found dead, police said Sunday

Sounds like more than afternoon tea :

http://sg.news.yahoo.com/chemical-radiation-experts-join-berezovsky-probe-010759590.html

Seaneh

the_syco wrote: »

Seems he may have died of a heart attack.

Can plutonium cause heart attacks? :pac:

No, and it was polonium that was used a few years ago to poison Alexander Litvinenko.

mr j tayto

Prime minister of lebanon resigned today as well.
Israel apology to Turkey, Obama in israel,
Cypriot haircuts to be applied.
Lots of strange stuff happening right now.

stretchdoe

Mikhail Prokhorov is the only Russian oligarch i like.
'Cause he bought an American basketball team and recorded a video addressing the fans in a manner resembling a Bond villain.
He also ran against Putin in the last elections.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=au3hkZZpVM4

donvito99

What was that fella's name, Litvinenko?


And who was the guy poked with an umbrella on Westminster Bridge?


The Russian embassy is near my house. I've been to London a few times.

>.>
<.<


EDIT: Hold the phone, he was mates with the poisoned ex-KGB agent. *Trotts over to Conspiracy Theories.*

harry Bailey esq

donvito99 wrote: »

What was that fella's name, Litvinenko?


And who was the guy poked with an umbrella on Westminster Bridge?


The Russian embassy is near my house. I've been to London a few times.

>.>
<.<


EDIT: Hold the phone, he was mates with the poisoned ex-KGB agent. *Trotts over to Conspiracy Theories.*

Russian media implicated berezovsky in his death

brandon_flowers

There is just a good a chance that Litvinenko was knocked off by MI6.

Most people just believe the headlines in the weeks after a death. He was on the payroll of MI6 for years.

Duggys Housemate

brandon_flowers wrote: »

There is just a good a chance that Litvinenko was knocked off by MI6.

Most people just believe the headlines in the weeks after a death. He was on the payroll of MI6 for years.

There is a much better chance it was the Russians.

mattjack

Dwork wrote: »

Err, billionaire with ten bodyguards dead. Ordinary person with no bodyguards....

Ten bodyguards ? who did he think he was , Whitney Huston .
If Kevin Costner was minding him he'd be ok.

Duggys Housemate

mattjack wrote: »

Ten bodyguards ? who did he think he was , Whitney Huston .
If Kevin Costner was minding him he'd be ok.

Heuston also died in a bath. So Costner was no help.

DEFTLEFTHAND

So can anyone tell how these Ruskie wiseguys pulled off the hit?

Come on I need a good mob story.

bnt

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

Come on I need a good mob story.

Shot of Curare in to a vein in his foot, he stops breathing ... easy.

mattjack

Duggys Housemate wrote: »

Heuston also died in a bath. So Costner was no help.

So mr Housemate , if that's your real name , you seem to know a lot about baths ?

No smoking guns at the house anyway.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21914864
The home of the late exiled Russian tycoon Boris Berezovsky has been given the all-clear after it was searched by police for chemical, biological and nuclear material.

The majority of a cordon around his Berkshire house has now been lifted.

Mr Berezovsky, 67, was found dead on Saturday and police are currently treating his death as unexplained.

Dr Turk Turkelton

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

So can anyone tell how these Ruskie wiseguys pulled off the hit?

Come on I need a good mob story.

See if RunToDaHills wasn't banned you would have the whole scoop by now!

Free the Conspiracy Theorists 1!!

Eggy Baby!

Incredible how many people still believe as fact that Litvinenko was killed by the Russian state despite the lack of evidence supporting it.

Secondly, although the Russian state may have had a motive for killing Berezovsky, this does not mean that, without a doubt, they had him killed. Even then, why would they kill him? He didn't have any money left to sponsor propaganda against them or fund attempted uprisings like he had threatened in the past.

Thirdly, good riddance to him.

Dwork

Have a google of the "Hermitage fraud" and the resulting fallout.

I am rapidly starting to believe that I am the only dumb putz left in the world who is not in on some sort of scam to come into quick money. Well, me and Dave down the road who drives the blue Punto. I doubt he's into anything. But everyone else is, including ALL YE SLY DOGS.

Capt'n Midnight

the_syco wrote: »

Seems he may have died of a heart attack.

Can plutonium cause heart attacks? :pac:

Nah , and it's easily detectable with a gieger counter

They used to use ricin dispensed with an umbrella, hard to detect directly. Later on they might find antibodies to it in his blood, if they look.


Botox is hard to beat though when it comes to over kill
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botulinum_toxin

It is the most acutely toxic substance known, with an estimated human median lethal dose of 1.3–2.1 ng/kg intravenously or intramuscularly and 10–13 ng/kg when inhaled

Duggys Housemate

Eggy Baby! wrote: »

Incredible how many people still believe as fact that Litvinenko was killed by the Russian state despite the lack of evidence supporting it.

He musta poisoned himself.

Eggy Baby!

Duggys Housemate wrote: »

He musta poisoned himself.

You do realise people CAN poison themselves right? He might have eaten a polonium sandwich.