An inquiry into the death of the Russian fugitive has finally opened. But those who say that justice delayed is justice denied have doubts that the truth will ever emerge, writes Mary Dejevsky

Once upon a time, Georgia had a team to be feared.

The daughter of Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky, who was found dead at his home, has paid tribute to her father, saying he was “an inspiration” to her and had a “joy for life”.

Specialist police with nuclear and chemical training gave the all-clear at the British home of former Russian business magnate Boris Berezovsky yesterday, a day after the fervent critic of Russian president Vladimir Putin died in unclear circumstances.

Radiation experts investigating the death of the Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky have given his mansion the all clear.

Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky has died, it was reported today.

KNIGHTSBRIDGE, London. 2007. Boris Berezovsky, aka “the Godfather of the Kremlin”, is shopping at Dolce & Gabbana.

Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky has lost his High Court battle with Chelsea Football Club owner Roman Abramovich.

A British High Court judge will rule today on a multibillion-pound legal battle between Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky and Chelsea Football Club owner Roman Abramovich.

Chelsea Football Club owner Roman Abramovich will discover this week whether he has won a multibillion-pound legal battle with fellow Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky, court officials have said.

Andre Villas-Boas remains relaxed about the recent close scrutiny of owner Roman Abramovich at Chelsea’s training ground as the Blues boss focuses on making sure his side finish in the top four of the Barclays Premier League — which he accepts is “not a very honourable position for the dimension of this club”.

Chelsea have denied claims owner Roman Abramovich held ‘showdown’ talks with manager Andre Villas-Boas before the club’s breathtaking 3-3 draw with Manchester United.

A judge asked lawyers to tidy a courtroom housing one of the UK’s biggest civil trials – because the Queen is due to visit.

Chelsea Football Club owner Roman Abramovich today told a High Court judge that he never made notes and struggled to read his own handwriting.

HELICOPTER trips, smart skiing holidays and plush properties are just a few of the luxuries that changed Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich’s mind about not imitating a rival’s “extravagant lifestyle”, a London court has heard.

Roman Abramovich today told a British High Court judge that buying Chelsea in 2003 was a “turning point” and changed his life “significantly”.

An exiled Russian oligarch called Chelsea Football Club owner Roman Abramovich a “bastard” after being “blackmailed”, a British High Court judge was told.

AN EXILED Russian oligarch has told a British trial that Chelsea FC owner Roman Abramovich was a “gangster”.

RUSSIAN oligarch Boris Berezovsky yesterday told the High Court that tycoon Rupert Murdoch was a “great businessman” and Chelsea Football Club owner Roman Abramovich a “genius”.

CHELSEA Football Club owner Roman Abramovich is “good at appearing to be humble”, a British High Court judge was told.

RUSSIAN oligarch Boris Berezovsky has a lively sense of his own importance and some of his actions appear to conform to the “classic psychology of the political exile”, a lawyer for Chelsea Football Club’s owner Roman Abramovich told the High Court in London.

CHELSEA Football Club owner Roman Abramovich operated in a Russian state in which the “rule of law” had disappeared, police were “corrupt”, courts “open to manipulation” and businessmen needed access to a “political godfather”, a judge in London has heard.

Chelsea Football Club owner Roman Abramovich "betrayed and blackmailed" fellow Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky and demonstrated that wealth and influence meant more to him than loyalty and friendship, a barrister has alleged in the High Court.

CHELSEA Football Club owner Roman Abramovich has lost an appeal over a £2 billion (€2.4bn) claim against him by fellow Russian oligarch and former business partner Boris Berezovsky.

Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin was sued for libel in a Moscow court today in a rare case of the Kremlin-loyal justice system agreeing to hear a case against him.

THE wife of Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky won a “quickie” divorce yesterday in what lawyers speculated could be the biggest settlement in British legal history.

CHELSEA Football Club owner Roman Abramovich lost a bid to dismiss a £2 billion (€2.25bn) claim against him by fellow Russian oligarch and former business partner Boris Berezovsky yesterday.

Chelsea Football Club owner Roman Abramovich lost a bid to dismiss a £2bn (€2.2bn) claim against him by fellow Russian oligarch and former business partner Boris Berezovsky today.

Boris Berezovsky won £150,000 High Court libel damages today over claims on a Russian TV broadcast about the radiation poisoning murder of Alexander Litvinenko.

A “BROKE” property tycoon avoided the immediate threat of jail yesterday after a family judge heard he had gone some way towards obeying a court order to explain what has happened to his £400 million (€447m) fortune.

A “BROKE” property tycoon facing jail for failing to explain what happened to the £400 million (about €434m) which his estranged wife says he was worth just three years ago pleaded with a family court judge yesterday for more time to come up with the information.

ONE billion dollars is no longer enough to gain entry to Russia’s rich list.

Thousands took to the streets today in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi for the funeral of billionaire Badri Patarkatsishvili.

POLICE are investigating the “suspicious” sudden death in Britain of a billionaire Georgian businessman linked to leading Russian dissidents.

Britain’s ambassador to Russia said today that the Government will continue to press for the extradition of the main suspect in the killing of Alexander Litvinenko despite his probable membership in Russia’s new parliament, Russian news agencies reported.

Exiled Russian plutocrat Boris Berezovsky was today convicted by a Moscow court of embezzling millions of dollars from national airline Aeroflot and sentenced to six years in prison.

THE courage of Marina Litvinenko is the driving force behind the continuing fight to bring her husband’s killers to justice.

IT IS a year today since the death of Alexander Litvinenko.

The courage of Marina Litvinenko is the driving force behind the ongoing fight to bring her husband’s killers to justice.

Russia’s security chief said Western spies were working to weaken and break up the country and singled out British agents as the most intrusive, according to an interview published today.

The vehemently nationalist Liberal Democratic Party today named the prime suspect in the killing of former KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko to a top slot on its list for parliamentary candidates, Russian news reports said.

RUSSIAN prosecutors said yesterday they had detained 10 suspects in the murder of reporter Anna Politkovskaya, but that the killing was masterminded from abroad by anti-Kremlin forces trying to discredit Russia.

Russia today announced that 10 people had been arrested in connection with the killing of journalist and outspoken Kremlin critic Anna Politkovskaya, including police officers and a Chechen crime boss accused of organising the murder.

A hitman sent to London to murder exiled Russian tycoon Boris Berezovsky was arrested and deported back to Russia, police confirmed tonight.