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Georgian Exile Died of Natural Causes: Police

Posted Feb 14, 08 10:33 AM CST in World 

(Newser) – Tests on a billionaire Georgian opposition leader found dead yesterday in his London-area home show he died of natural causes, the Telegraph reports. Badri Patarkatsishvili, 52, said in December he had been the target of two assassination attempts, and his death surprised acquaintances, who said he was in good health, and raised suspicions of foul play. 

The former presidential candidate had said he would not return to his native Georgia because "I haven't decided to die yet." Patarkatsishvili, worth an estimated $11 billion, was a business associate and friend of Boris Berezovsky, the exiled Russian oligarch at the center of the Alexander Litvinenko affair. Police are understood to have tested for radioactivity at Patarkatsishvili's home, but found no evidence.

Source Daily Telegraph (UK)

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Georgian billionaire Badri Patarkatsishvili, right, seen with Russian tycoon Boris Berezovsky, left, at his home in Tbilisi, Georgia, in this July, 2005 file photo. Badri Patarkatsishvili, a Georgian...   (Associated Press)
An unidentified person hides their face riding in a mortuary van carrying the remains of Badri Patarkatsishvili from Downside Manor, Leatherhead, England, to a nearby hospital for further tests on the...   (Associated Press)
Georgian billionaire Badri Patarkatsishvili cuts a birthday cake celebrating his 50th birthday in Tbilisi, Georgia, in this Oct. 31, 2005 file photo. Badri Patarkatsishvili, a Georgian opposition figure...   (Associated Press)
Police patrol outside Downside Manor Leatherhead England Wednesday Feb. 13, 2008 after Georgian tycoon Badri Patarkatsishvili was found dead there late Tuesday night. Patarkatsishvili who claimed...   (Associated Press)
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