Boris Berezovsky death: Chemical hazard police search house

[Ken Burch]

Source: BBC

Police with expertise in environments contaminated with chemical, biological and nuclear material are searching the house of the late exiled Russian tycoon Boris Berezovsky.

Mr Berezovsky, 67, was found dead on Saturday, and a Thames Valley police cordon remains in place as police investigate his unexplained death.

The body remains at the Berkshire house while the search - described as a precaution - takes place, police said.

They say local people are not at risk.



Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21914864

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Berezovsky was a major rival of Vladimir Putin's. This could be a huge thing if it turns out that Berezovsky was done in at his home.

[bluedigger]

1. It would be kind of clumsy, wouldn't it?

[cliffordu]

2. The have never been known for finesse.

[bluedigger]

3. The old "sending a message, message", eh?

Scotland Yard's going to get a complex if they don't pick on someone else once in a while.

[cliffordu]

4. Right about that.

I Know a Russian translator - one of my best friends of almost 40 years actually....he wasn't surprised in the least when this guy showed up dead.

He wondered over coffee this morning why it took so long.

More like teaching the lesson, again.

[BainsBane]

5. Plutonium?

[DeSwiss]

6. Maybe polonium?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Litvinenko

K&R

[BainsBane]

7. That's it

[dipsydoodle]

8. Boris Berezovsky death: Chemical hazard police give house all-clear

The home of the late exiled Russian tycoon Boris Berezovsky has been given the all-clear after it was searched by police with expertise in environments contaminated with chemical, biological and nuclear material.

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

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21914864

Most discussion on tv news here in the UK on the subject of his suicide has centered of the fact he just couldn't cope with being being seriously skint.

See also :

In 2011, Mr Berezovsky reportedly lost more than £100m in a divorce settlement. And, last year, he lost a £3bn ($4.7bn) damages claim against Chelsea Football Club owner Roman Abramovich.

In an interview with a Forbes magazine journalist Mr Berezovsky gave on the eve of his death, he said his life no longer made sense and he wished he could return to Russia.

On Saturday a Kremlin spokesman said that Mr Berezovsky had recently written to Mr Putin, saying he wanted to go home.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21914864

[leveymg]

9. Looks like another polonium toilet paper case.