Boris Berezovsky announced the sale of all his current assets, including the Kommersant Publishing House, the business partner of Badri Patarkatsishvili. He explained his decision with increased "political risks for people who are not agreeing with the current Russian authorities." “I don’t comment separately the sale of each of my assets. I can clearly say that I and Badri Patarkatsishvili share my business. Badri redeems my part of our whole business, and today I don’t have a business that has been a separate Berezovsky agency Interfax on Friday.
Answering the question whether Patarkatsishvili buys the Kommersant Publishing house, Berezovsky said: "Badri redeems my part in all our business projects, and in" Kommersant "he now owns 50% of the shares."
“I am free from the whole old business, but this does not mean that I stop doing business. There will be a new business that will be managed by the management company,” he emphasized.
Touching upon the reasons for the sale of his assets of Patarkatsishvili, Berezovsky noted: “We remain friends, and this decision is not related to our friendly relations. It’s just too great that political risks have become political risks for people who did not agree with the current Russian authorities. Badri has always been engaged in business, but I have never been engaged in politics. And with my decision I am taking off political risks from business Badri.”