The Rasputin of post-Soviet Russia

From car salesman to Kremlin king-maker, to billionaire political exile, Boris Berezovsky's death has been described as the end of an era.

He seemed to play a key role in nearly every crucial scene in the rollercoaster drama of post-Soviet Russia.

Berezovsky is widely credited in part for saving Boris Yeltsin's political skin thanks to support from his media interests.

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