Prosecutors Cancel Warrant for Tycoon
From Times Wire Reports
Prosecutors lifted an arrest warrant for controversial tycoon Boris A. Berezovsky because he promised to return to Russia to face inquiries on money-laundering charges, the Interfax news agency reported in Moscow. Berezovsky said he plans to fight charges that he was behind the illegal transfer of $250 million from Russia’s Aeroflot airline to the Swiss company Andava. The tycoon was in France on business when the warrant was issued for his arrest as a result of an investigation.
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