Russian Tycoon Berezov Arrested by UK Police

World | March 25, 2003, Tuesday // 00:00

UK police have arrested the Russian tycoon Boris Berezovsky for alleged fraud at the request of the Russian authorities. The Metropolitan Police said officers arrested Berezovsky in London early on Monday. A Russian extradition request charges that Mr Berezovsky defrauded the administration of the Samara region of billions of roubles as director of the LogoVaz company in the mid-1990s. Russia requested his extradition in November.

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