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The verdict of the death of the Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky remains open, the BBC reports . The coroner Peter Bedford, who conducted an inquiry in the case, announced that it was impossible to establish the cause of death. If at any time after the open verdict there are new materials in the case, the investigation may be resumed.

For two days of the process, the coroner heard relatives and close Berezovsky, as well as experts. The opening by a pathologist, Dr. Simon Pula, emphasized that the damage discovered in Berezovsky is characteristic of hanging. He fraught the version that Berezovsky could strangle. “Given that the deceased was not under the influence of any substances or alcohol, he would know that he would be approaching him, and there would be at least some traces of the struggle,” the expert said.

Previously, Bedford excluded the version of the poisoning of the businessman. “There is no evidence that Berezovsky was poisoned,” he said.

The daughter of Boris Berezovsky Elizabeth is not sure that all the details were taken into account during the investigation of the death of her father. However, she confirmed that recently he often talked about suicide. At the same time, shortly before his death, the businessman stopped taking antidepressants, although they cannot be canceled before the end of the full course.

During the first day of the hearings , the police concluded that death occurred as a result of suicide . The police could not establish who owns one of the fingerprints found in the bathroom, in which Berezovsky committed his life. Despite this, justified doubts that death was non -violent character on the eve of not expressed.

Most witnesses speaking on Wednesday noted that Berezovsky shared suicide plans with them. His bodyguard and assistant Avi Navam said that the businessman looked suppressed for the past six months and often was left alone. According to witnesses, Berezovsky changed a lot after the loss of the court to Roman Abramovich in August 2012. “He took this court very personally, before the hearing was an active and active person, after he began to fade away,” said Mikhail Kollik, personal assistant Berezovsky.

The coroner asked the question why everyone was so dismissive to Berezovsky’s words about suicide. “Anyone who wants to commit suicide does not say this to everyone he meets,” Kollik answered.

Berezovsky died on March 23 at the age of 67. The body of the oligarch was found in the house in the area of ​​the town of Askot in the county of Berkshire. The first results of the autopsy showed that Berezovsky could die from hanging . Later, a source in the family of the deceased said that Berezovsky was broken by the rib , but there were no traces of blows on the body. He did not leave the suicide note.

Since 2000, Berezovsky was hiding from Russian justice in the UK. In 2003, the British court refused to give him at the request of the Russian Prosecutor General’s Office, he received refugee status in the UK. In Russia, Berezovsky was found guilty of a number of accusations of fraud, embezzlement and laundering of cash of companies AvtoVAZ, Logovaz and Aeroflot. In relation to him, two correspondence sentences of Russian courts came into force - by 13 and 6 years of the colony, respectively.