he was once part of the inner circle of the kremlin and was said to be close to boris yeltsin and was pivotal in the rise of vladimir putin. >> he survived several attempts , barry left for britain and became one of the fiercest critics. in the absence the russian courts has been convicted of stealing millions of dollars. last year he lost the case against another prominent russian. the case heard him dearly and he was forced to pay out millions of dollars in legal costs. in recent months the reported that he had been hurting financially. >> people find themselves completely lost around me, money and influence, plus the respect of the people. they could not handle it. >> the vladimir putin press secretary told us that he had recently written to the president and apologize for his misdeeds. this has not been verified by the family. barizofski was found dead in his home near london. >> heavy snow is destructive life across the u.k., roads closed, flights delayed, power but you needhomes to bring. theof the worst diseases of 19th century, in recent years doctors thought they had beaten t

metry and must go every year here the soviet and russian elite such as authored nikolai gogol and boris yeltsin are buried. the grave of stalin's wife and alexander's grandmother a little you have a is also here i was you know the story of the monuments and juno why her hand is about position to deal with a very talented sculptor should all make this monument. and that's how he depicted the hand of someone who takes their own life. on the night of november the nights nineteen thirty two stalin second wife additional island we have shot herself after a fight with her husband. stalin did not attend the theater. i think she had no other way i know it's you know there was no way she could escape stalin was knowledge. and she knew what a blow it was going to be for him yet do most of sort of that's why she did it i think that he did have a sense of guilt will you may have blamed the circumstances on her nature. but he certainly did have a sense of indirect guilt. the man who was said to have a heart of steel hardened even more just a few years later the country was swept by a wave of repression taki

boris berezovsky was a close ally of former president boris yeltsin. in return for backing yeltsin he was able to buy former state assets at bargain prices. he also helped vladimir putin rise to power but later had a falling-out with putin and moved to england. the circumstances of his death were unclear. berezovsky was 67 years old. >>> back in this country the evidence appears to be mounting that a colorado prison parolee killed in a shoot-out this week in texas may have been involved in the brazen murder of a head of colorado's prison system. nbc's kristen dahlgren is in colorado tonight where police are quickly connecting the dots. >> reporter: in the wreckage of that texas car chase, authorities have recovered what may be critical evidence. >> if we can link the weapon that was used in texas to the weapon used here in colorado, that would be a big step forward in our investigation. >> reporter: the car colorado parolee evan ebel was driving matches the description of a car seen outside colorado prison chief tom clements' home and near the murder o

symmetry in moscow every year here the soviet and russian elite such as authored nikolai gogol and boris yeltsin are buried. the grave of stalin's wife and alexander's grandmother the dazed a little you have up is also here i was made to do you know the story of the monuments and do you know why her hand is about position to deal with a very talented sculptor should all make this monument. and that's how he depicted the hand of someone who takes their own life. on the night of november the ninth one thousand nine hundred thirty two stalin second wife elin we have shot herself after a fight with her husband. stalin did not attend the theatre. i think she had no other way out yet and there was no way she could escape stalin as knowledge of who died on the list and she knew what a blow it was going to be for him yet to most of said oh that's why she did it i think that he did have a sense of guilt will you may have blamed the circumstances on her nature. but he certainly did have a sense of indirect guilt with. the man who was said to have a heart of steel hardened even more just a few years later

began during russia's notorious privatization of the ninety's close to russia's first president boris yeltsin results cake wired large stakes in the leading companies across a number of industries including oil matters and aviation in mind to learn to seven he was russia's richest man and his wealth topped three billion dollars to understand how much money that was in russia at the time you can multiply this figure several times it was a period when the average one for the celery was less than two hundred dollars the self-styled king re-occur there is also he was shaping russia's politics and economy but he didn't manage to keep rounds with russia's second president of large amir putin during a decade of exile or long results keys fortune shrank to less than a billion. it's unclear how much money he had left at the time of his death he lost a multibillion dollar lawsuit against romano bravo overage owning towns of millions of dollars in legal fees to divorces on top of that had forced to cut staff and sell property to some speculate whether he was going broke what's known for sure is that he

and he was very close to yeltsin's daughter takes you on as for the decision on the successor of boris yeltsin i don't think the results he had any role to play. should remind you that. it was the fourth choice of yeltsin in his search for the next prime minister and the successor. and all the decisions were made by yeltsin himself i don't think berezovsky had it any role to play in picking to become president or now are going to feel free if we can every time so if we can just bring it forward for a moment if we can bring it forward from basically two thousand up to present day i certainly want to be intriguing stories we've been hearing here in r.t. it's about the fact that are all the possible fact i should say that two months ago but as i said i had written a letter to mr putin divide move to putin asking for forgiveness and could he return to russia what do you know about that. well i think there was such a letter but i don't think the results he wanted to come back to face the russian courts there were many. of him by the russian force and force and agencies i think the reason for that l

to be in the history books as the manipulator of the only guards who got together and backed boris yeltsin's reelection campaign as president in one thousand nine hundred six thank you very much john for being on the program john boehner the publisher of the a website pearsall russia dot com news for ttle portal focusing on russia appreciated. thank you all the way. the u.s. officials continue to downplay the scale of a mass hunger strike. in a bit more depth plus two. details of. the british. market. really happening to the global economy with. headlines kaiser reports. mission to teach. thousands of syrians a. cleric killed by a suicide bomber in damascus say. he was also a high profile supporter of the embattled president bashar al assad. told us any muslim scholar who goes against the rebels is now at target. clergyman or let's say going to school those who are not with the opposition were targeted or were killed we can remember the names for example but others were killed because of having an opinion different done position but everybody believed that what happened is unjustified and ca

and as president boris yeltsin, this is berezovsky speaking to cnn in january 2000 just days after putiner. >> i think that putin will continue the way in which president -- >> he was wrong. he quickly pushed all out of russian politics. six months later berezovsky told cnn vladimir putin was creating a dictatorship. that year berezovsky was investigated for corporate crimes which he denied and he fled russia, never to return. berezovsky's death after 12 years in exile has not softened many russians' opinion of him. this woman says he betrayed russia and wrecked many things for the country during its hardest times. this man used to work for berezovsky and remained a family friend. he was one of the first to learn of his death. >> selfish, but positive. he was very difficult, but good friend. he tried to be a good friend and good man. sometimes he didn't succeed. >> despite those flaws, he says he's proud to witness berezovsky's efforts to change russia. >> business wasn't important for him. he relate to the money, to the business as resources to make changes. >> he says his friend was un

and as president borys yeltsin's health declined -- this is january of 2010 sfeeking to cnn just dayser. >> i think that putin will continue the way which president yeltsin established russia. >> reporter: he was wrong. putin pushed oligarchs out of russian politics. six months later, he told cnn vladimir putin was creating a dictatorship. that year he was investigated for corporate crimes, which he denied, and he fled russia. never to return. this death after 12 years in exile has not softened many russians' opinion of him. this woman says he betrayed russia and wrecked many things for the country during its hardest times. this woman used to work for bereovsky and remained a family friend. one of the first to learn of his death. >> selfish but positive. he was very difficult but good friend. he tried to be good friend and good man. sometimes he didn't succeed. >> reporter: despite those flaws and failures, he says he is proud to witness berezovsky trying to change russia. >> money was not important. it was resources to make changes. >> reporter: he says his friend was unhappy and he

clinton in town for a summit with russian president boris yeltsin and was recovering from a knee injury at greg norman's house. he was lifted off air force one by an airline catering truck and then wheeled on to the tarmac. what an entrance for bubba there. >>> harry reid will bring a weakened version of the gun control bill to the senate floor that will not include an assault weapons ban in the coming weeks. the news prompted a powerful reaction from "the new york daily news" which features pictures of the children killed in the newtown shooting on the cover. let's bring in our wednesday gaggle michelle bernard, illinois democrat lieutenant governor sheila simon, and senior political reporter for the huffington post, john ward. lieutenant governor simon, i start with you. obviously you're from a state that has a horrific problem right now with gun violence and gun deaths. what does it mean for you on the local level, the federal government is essentially washing its hands in assault weapons ban saying we're'going to make any move on that right now? >> well, i'm disappointed with that.