For Homesick Russian Tycoon, Instant of Ruin Came in Court

Getty ImagesBoris A. Berezovsky, center, in London last August after he lost a $5.1 billion lawsuit against a former associate. Facing millions in legal bills, he began to divest himself of the assets he had acquired so proudly.

By SARAH LYALLPublished: March 24, 2013 LONDON — The moment of ruin for Boris A. Berezovsky, the exiled Russian oligarch who was found dead on Saturday outside London, came not when he fell out with the Kremlin, or when his latest long-term relationship broke up, or even when Russia sentenced him to prison in absentia.

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