Abramovich rival ‘grandstanding’, says lawyer

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.

Jonathan Sumption QC, whose client is being sued for more than £3 billion (€3.48bn), said Berezovsky grandstands to members of his “private circle”.

Berezovsky is claiming that Abramovich “intimidated” him into selling shares in Russian oil company Sibneft at a fraction of their value and is alleging breach of trust and contract.