The Apprentice

[AlessandraFan]

We must have a Russian fifth columnist here. Berezovsky was found hanged in his English residence 5 years ago.There was no sign of a struggle but the coroner recorded an open verdict.
An associate of Berezovsky (Nikolai Glushkov)has just been found dead in London.No details have emerged,may turn out to be innocent but police are keeping an open mind until the death has been investigated.

Ah yes, my mistake. Khodorkovsky was the name I should have dropped in my attempt to deflect blame like the good Kremlin puppet I am.
Sergei Sokolov stated that Berezovsky was probably murdered by western security services because he was about to expose a plot to topple President Putin.
I seem to recall an attempt on Berezovsky's son-in-law a while back too.

This is the kind of intrigue you'd normally expect in a John Le Carré novel.