Charges Dropped Against Tycoon

Russian prosecutors have dropped a high-profile corruption case against business tycoon Boris A. Berezovsky after months of investigation and just weeks after accusing him of stealing $600 million from the national airline, Aeroflot, the Interfax news agency said. Prosecutor Nikolai Volkov signed a resolution Thursday terminating charges against Berezovsky, a close ally of President Boris N. Yeltsin, the report said. Volkov told Interfax that Berezovsky remains a “witness” and that two former Aeroflot executives remain under investigation.