Oligarch Boris Berezovsky has won a libel case over allegations he was behind the murder of former Russian agent Alexander Litvinenko.

(Kazan, March 10, Tatar-inform). Oligarch Boris Berezovsky has won a libel case over allegations he was behind the murder of former Russian agent Alexander Litvinenko, reports the BBC.

He was awarded £150,000 at the High Court over a claim made by Russian state-owned TV channel RTR Planeta.

Mr Berezovsky, 63, said he was a friend and supporter of Mr Litvinenko and the comments were "outrageous".

The fierce critic of former Russian President Vladimir Putin was poisoned in London in 2006.

RTR boycotted the trial, claiming the court had robbed it of the opportunity to defend itself.

The judge, who tried the case without a jury, told the court in London: "I can say unequivocally that there is no evidence before me that Mr Berezovsky had any part in the murder of Mr Litvinenko.

"Nor, for that matter, do I see any basis for reasonable grounds to suspect him of it."

The Russian businessman, who was granted political asylum in the UK in September 2003, was suing over the broadcast in April 2007.

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