Boris Berezovsky was a Russian businessman and oligarch who was an influential figure in post-Soviet Russia. He was a vocal critic of the Russian government and President Vladimir Putin, and was a major figure in the Russian opposition movement. He was found dead in 2013 in his home in England, and his death was ruled a suicide.

Berezovsky was born in 1946 in Moscow, and studied mathematics at Moscow State University. He went on to become a successful businessman,