"Only after you"

The British police confirmed the detention of a suspect in the attempt on the Berezovsky police of Great Britain confirmed the arrest of a person suspected of preparing an assassination attempt on Berezovsky, who today held a press conference in London.

The suspect, whose name is not reported, was arrested by the UK police in the central part of London, June 21. According to the Associated Press , Dumi day later he was transferred to the UK immigration department.

The suspect was expelled from the United Kingdom, his British visa was canceled, and he will be banned from entering the UK for the next ten years, RIA Novosti said.

We will remind, earlier Boris Berezovsky said that three weeks ago he was informed by Scotland Yard about the prepared attempt on his life and in connection with this temporarily left the UK.

He held a press conference in London at which he stated that he believes that the attempt on him is the same forces that are responsible for the death of Litvinenko. He stated that someone, who knows him well, had to come to London, call him to a meeting and just kill him without trying to hide it. The pretext for this was supposed to be a certain business conflict.

In addition to the theses about the attempt prepared for him, Berezovsky also confirmed that he participated in the financing of the "Orange Revolution" in Ukraine, as well as in financing a number of opposition groups in Russia. "Through his various funds ... I spent recently on Russia from 300 to 400 million dollars," the oligarch said.

At a press conference, he also announced his readiness to appear before justice in the third country in connection with the charges made by the Russian authorities against him. But he immediately put forward the condition, saying that he was ready to be announced in this court to be announced by any accusations that Russia was made “only on the condition that the entrepreneur Andrei Lugovoi will also appear there, the issuance of which London demands from Moscow in connection with the murder of the former employee of the Russian special services Alexander Litvinenko.

According to Berezovsky, such a court could take place in one of the European countries, for example, in the Scandinavian.

In turn, the Russian ambassador to London, Yuri Fedotov, believes that Berezovsky’s statement about the attempt planned for him is his attempt to divert attention from financial fraud. “In order to divert attention from his combinations to launder money and fraud, he is trying to introduce himself to a political oppositionist and in every possible way attracts attention to his person,” the head of the Russian diplomatic mission quotes Interfax . The ambassador also rejected the version that the Russian authorities may be involved in the alleged attempt. “This is excluded,” he emphasized.

07/18/2007 / gzt.ru