Perepilichny may have been poisoned in Britain, a rare poison – BBC Russian

• 18 May 2015

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Pathologists at the time twice unsuccessfully tried to establish the cause of death Perepilichnogo

A wealthy Russian businessman Alexander Perepilichny, who in 2012 died suddenly during the evening jogging near his home near London, may have been poisoned.

This was announced during the preliminary hearing in the County Coroner’s Court Surrey.

During the autopsy experts found in the body of 44-year-old businessman traces that might indicate poisoning rare poison produced from a poisonous plant Gelsemium Elegans.

As the correspondent of the BBC’s Richard Galpin BBC, experts plan to hold several more toxicological tests to eliminate the possibility of error.

Pathologists at the time twice unsuccessfully tried to establish the cause of death of the Russian businessman.

A business partner of Russian businessman Bill Browder said that even in 2012, demanded that the police check to see if he was poisoned.

However, British law enforcement agencies, according to Browder, then ignored his letters and phone calls.

“There are no problems health “

In 2013, Surrey Police still held their own toxicological tests and again found no signs of violent death Perepilichnogo.

The investigation conducted Bi-bi-si the spring of 2013, revealed that shortly before his death, Alexander Perepilichny passed a medical examination and had no health problems.

Alexander Perepilichny applied for asylum in the UK in 2009, after testifying against a number of Moscow businessmen, formerly his business partners, in the framework of the case of major tax fraud.

Back in 2012, Bill Browder demanded from the police to check whether there was not poisoned Perepilichny

According to the latest representative Perepilichnogo in Gagarin Moscow court his client had left Russia, “fearing for their lives”.

It is also investigating the case and the lawyer Sergei Magnitsky , who died in 2009 in prison “Matrosskaya Tishina”.

With a London Alexander Perepilichny brought documents allegedly confirming the fact of tax fraud and the involvement of representatives of the Russian power structures.

These documents he handed former employer Sergei Magnitsky, the head of the investment company Hermitage Foundation Bill Browder.

Shortly before his death, Alexander Perepilichny began helping the Swiss Prosecutor’s Office in the investigation of the origin of millions of euros transferred from Russia to accounts in Swiss banks.