pitting boris berezovsky, one of the kremlin's most impact old enemies, against roman abramovich, wholways tried to steer clear and keep the best possible relations with vladimir putin. >> late in 2000, roman abramovich also entered politics, serving platter or put in as governor of the reindeer herders of russia's remote province. meanwhile, the court heard, after a meeting while on a holiday in the french alps, roman abramovich agreed to pay a staggering 13 $3 billion to boris berezovsky and his partner as the final payoff for the protection he no longer needed. the kind of 24 karat handshake. but boris berezovsky says that roman abramovich was buying him out of their joint business at a knockdown price, threatening that if he did not accept the terms, president vladimir putin might jail one of boris berezovsky's friends. a secret that -- recording revealed the threat and proves the vladimir putin's arbitrary power. >> if president putin did not want someone to be arrested, the would not be arrested president prejean did want someone to be arrested, they would be. that is right, isn

battle it out and it's no small claim six and a half billion dollars is at stake exiled tycoon boris berezovsky wants the cash from ramallah which accusing the chelsea club owner of robbing him as a band of reporters it means britons are getting a rare glimpse into the life of a low profile a billionaire. it's been dubbed the battle of the oligarchs in one corner is mr a estimated wealth fifteen million assets for your football club and a french chateau in the other corner used to be estimated fortune five hundred million he had to sell his yacht but he does still have his trusty stretch my back and she never fails to show off her manner of overages rise to riches is a story precious few knew until now his turn in the witness stand has lifted the

and russian tycoon is romana a brahma venture and boris berezovsky slug it out in a multibillion dollar court battle in london where evidence has turned the spotlight on the legit shady business dealings of the past. hello i'm karen tara chan you're with our t.v. broadcasting to la.

over in london two russian billionaires are going head to head exiled tycoon boris berezovsky and chelsea football club owner. locked in what's said to be the most expensive private court case britain has ever seen our correspondent dr bennett has been monitoring the hearing. it's been dubbed the battle of the oligarchs in one corner is mr a estimated wealth fifteen billion assets for your a football club and a french chateau in the other corner mr b. estimated fortune five hundred million he had to sell his yacht but he does still have his trusty stretch my back which he never fails to show off. which is rise to riches is a story precious few knew until now his turn in the witness stand has lifted the need on a life in the shadows he revealed how some of his companies employed primarily disabled staff landing lucrative thirty percent tax breaks and he came clean on the piles of cash he paid for protection as he dived into the infamous alimony and wars of the ninety's where we now know someone was murdered every three days not exactly the clean cut image and one of britain's most loved fo

battle it out and it's no small claim six and a half billion dollars is at stake exiled tycoon boris berezovsky wants the cash from ramallah which accusing the chelsea club owner of robbing him as a band of reporters it means britons are getting a rare glimpse into the life of a low profile a billionaire. it's been dubbed the battle of the oligarchs in one corner is mr a estimated wealth fifteen million assets for your football club and a french chateau in the other corner used to be estimated fortune five hundred million he had to sell his yacht but he does still have his trusty stretch my back and she never fails to show off her manner of overages rise to riches is a story precious few knew until now his turn in the witness stand has lifted the need on a life in the shadows he revealed how some of his company's employed primarily disabled staff banding lucrative thirty percent tax breaks and he came clean on the piles of cash he paid for protection as he dived into the infamous salad minium wars of the ninety's where we now know someone was murdered every three days not exactly the clean cut

spotlight in london the super rich locked in a legal battle but in the next hour i'll spoken of boris berezovsky and chelsea football club owner roman abramovich continued legal drama playing out over a six point five billion dollars play. or at a quarter past the hour now here in moscow this is the weekly report by the un's atomic wash dog has heightened fears this week that iran could be developing a nuclear weapon israel is now calling on the international community to act to stop despite being an undeclared nuclear power itself of it russia is stressing the need for caution over what appears to be an inconclusive report iran's brushing the allegations aside blaming the u.s. for putting pressure on the international atomic energy agency iranian lawmakers are now calling for a review of the country's cooperation with that agency tehran's envoy to the i.a.e.a. says his country will not stop its nuclear activities which he says have been always peaceful and transparent. this report is not professional and not balanced and he's with political motivation and under political pressure by the u.s. an

a london court where five and a half billion dollars are at stake some of exiled businessman boris berezovsky claims his former associate and the owner of chelsea football club which has robbed him of billions by intimidating him into selling oil shares on the cheap remortgage denies the allegations in the shied away from making any public comment on the case but what is oscar is very much more candid with some loud and passionate grandstanding in the witness box the lawsuit promises to become the most expensive in history with legal costs for each of the men rocketing to millions of dollars. let's take a look at some world news headlines. right now will star in iraq in baghdad there are triple explosions rocked a local market reports suggest eight people have been killed and over twenty injured but police and medics say the number of casualties is set to grow the attack follows a statement by iraq's prime minister urging security forces to clamp down on any threats of violence the last thirty three thousand u.s. troops in the country who spoke with. a suicide car bomb blast near a mosque in

russia's richest to battle it out a small claim either six billion dollars at stake excelled in a boris berezovsky once the cash from a roman abramovich accusing the chelsea football club owner of robbing him and that is either been reported means britons are getting a rare glimpse into the life of a low profile billionaire. it's been dubbed the battle of the oligarchs in one corner is mr a estimated well if deemed billion assets for yachts chelsea football club and a french chateau in the other corner mr b. estimated fortune five hundred million he had to sell his yacht but he does still have his trusty stretch my book which he never fails to show off a man i promote which is rise to riches is a story precious few knew until now his time in the witness stand has lifted the need on a mike in the shadows he reveals how some of his companies employ primarily disabled staff and big lucrative thirty percent tax breaks and he came clean on the piles of cash he paid for protection and he dived into the infamous salad minium was the benign things we now know someone was murdered every three days not exac

and russian tycoon abramovich and boris berezovsky slug it out in a multibillion dollar court battle in london where evidence has turned the spotlight on allegedly shady business dealings of the past. as nordstrom is about to go live artie's al gordon of talks to go from spokesman said again on of to discuss why moscow now faces criticism following the achievement of building the giant gas pipeline spotlight our interview show is next.

connection with a five and a half billion dollar lawsuit being pursued by russian businessmen boris berezovsky the south exiled tycoon but his office he claims his former associate illegally forced him to hand over the money and now he wants it back artie's ever bennett reports on one of the most expensive disputes in history. well this is actually the first time that mr abbott was actually given evidence and spoken in this hearing despite it already going on for four weeks that's just to give you an idea of how long winded this whole process is and today was no different however it was fascinating. to hear him speak and to see this going on because he's a man who's one of the richest in the world with the estimated fourteen personal fortune of over ten billion pounds it he very rarely speak to the media if at all and yet today all of that intrigue and mystery suddenly evaporated as he was put on the spot and reduced to being just an ordinary member of the public basically he was visibly nervous he was shy shaking a little bit solemn as words and there's a lot at stake here he's being sued by