What is Boris Berezovsky?
{{for|the pianist|Boris Berezovsky (pianist)}} {{Infobox person | name = Boris Berezovsky | image = Boris Berezovsky.jpg | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1946|1|23}} | birth_place = [[Moscow]], [[Russia]] | death_date = {{death date and age|2013|03|23|1946|1|23|df=y}} | death_place = [[Sunninghill, Berkshire|Sunninghill]], [[Berkshire]], [[England]] | death_cause = [[Suicide]] by hanging | nationality = [[Russians|Russian]] | citizenship = [[United Kingdom|British]] | occupation = Business [[oligarch]], [[mathematician]], [[government]] official | years_active = | boards = | spouse = Nina, [[divorce]]d<br/>Galina Besharova (1991–2010), divorced<ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jul/22/boris-berezovsky-divorce-record-payout Boris Berezovsky pays out £100m in UK's biggest divorce settlement], Owen Bowcott, ''[[The Guardian]]'', 22 July 2011</ref> | partner = Yelena Gorbunova (m. 1996–2012, separated) | children = | relatives = | website = [http://www.borisberezovsky.net www.borisberezovsky.net] }} '''Boris Abramovich Berezovsky''' (23 January 1946 &ndash; 23 March 2013) was a [[Russia]]n-[[British]] [[business man]], [[billionaire]], and former [[mathematician]]. He was best known for the powerful positions he held in the 1990s when [[Boris Yeltsin]] was president of Russia. Berezovsky was deputy secretary of Russia's security council, and a friend of Boris Yeltsin's daughter Tatyana. He had a lot of power over what the [[newspaper]]s were allowed to print and what the [[television]] stations could say. They were not allowed to say anything bad about Yeltsin. Berezovsky made his fortune importing [[Mercedes-Benz|Mercedes]] cars into Russia in the 1990s. He made a lot of money from [[Avtovaz]] cars and he owned the [[Sibneft]] oil company. When [[Putin]] came to power Berezovsky fled to [[London]]