Boris Berezovsky

The kingmaker

Capital that bought the state.

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Governance+66

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The mathematician-turned-magnate who epitomised Russia's 1990s oligarchy — converting privatised industry into political kingmaking, until a rival he helped raise turned the state against him.

social

Pragmatic-traditional power-broker.

economic

Seized privatised assets into a vast private fortune.

governance

Used wealth to capture media and steer who held power.

Notable for

1990s privatisation fortune
Media-and-politics kingmaker
Fell out with the Kremlin

privatisationstate-capturemedia-power

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