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Vladimir Terluk accused Kremlin critic of responsibility for Litvinenko's death on news programme in 2007
The oligarch Boris Berezovsky is suing over allegations made on Russian TV. Photograph: Kieran Doherty/ReutersOne of Russia's richest oligarchs will appear at the high court in London tomorrow to begin his libel battle with a man who accused him of killingAlexander Litvinenko, the former Russian secret agent who was poisoned in 2006.Boris Berezovsky, a fierce critic of the Kremlin who claimed asylum in the UK in 2003, is suing Vladimir Terluk over comments he made on a Russian news programme in April 2007. In the interview, Terluk – under the pseudonym "Pyotr" – claimed Berezovsky was responsible for Litvinenko's radiation poisoning. The allegation has also been made by Andrei Lugovoi, a former KGB officer whom the British government has named as their prime suspect for the murder.
Berezovsky has always maintained his innocence, saying he was a friend of Litvinenko. He is believed to have owned the London house where Litvinenko lived with his family just prior to his death.
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