Works About The Subject
In 1996 the Russian-American journalist Paul Klebnikov wrote a highly critical article on Berezovsky and the state of Russia more generally, in response to which Berezovsky sued Forbes in the UK (see above); in 2001 he expanded his article into a book entitled Godfather of the Kremlin, alternatively subtitled The Decline of Russia in the Age of Gangster Capitalism and Boris Berezovsky and the looting of Russia. Klebnikov was mysteriously murdered in 2004. Dubov, whose book provided the basis for a 2002 film, was a close business associate of Berezovsky who also fled to London and successfully fought extradition to Russia.
Alex Goldfarb, a microbiologist and activist who became acquainted with Berezovsky in the 1990s and has subsequently worked for him, provides snapshots of Berezovsky at crucial moments as background to his 2007 account of the Litvinenko murder case, co-written with Marina Litvinenko, Death of a Dissident: The Poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko and the Return of the KGB. Reviews tended to combine comment on Goldfarb's partisan status with gratitude for his insider account: 'The real value of Death of a Dissident is to explain the background to the titanic struggle that has pitted Berezovsky against the Russian president since they fell out, after the tycoon helped secure the presidency for Putin in 2000. Goldfarb, a former Soviet dissident, is a man with an agenda. He read out the deathbed statement of Litvinenko, accusing Putin of responsibility for his murder.' A less contentious book is The Oligarchs: Wealth and Power in the New Russia by David E. Hoffman of The Washington Post, which provides a comparative treatment of Berezovsky and several of his fellow so-called business oligarchs.
A documentary about Berezovsky's efforts to undermine Putin from his exile in UK was shown on the BBC in December 2005.
Berezovsky features in a painting by the popular Russian artist Ilya Glazunov displayed in Moscow's Ilya Glazunov Gallery. According to the Rough Guide, 'The Market of Our Democracy...shows Yeltsin waving a conductor's baton as two lesbians kiss and the oligarch Berezovsky flaunts a sign reading "I will buy Russia", while charlatans rob a crowd of refugees and starving children.'
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