Berezovsky Boris Abramovich
1946 - He was born on the 23rd of January in Moscow, Russia.
1983 - He studied forestry and then applied mathematics, receiving his doctorate.
1989 - He started in business under perestroika by buying and reselling automobiles from state.
1991 - He became a Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
- He was Chairman of a laboratory in its Institute of Control Sciences.
1992 - The company (LogoVAZ) was created with Berezovsky as its president.
1994 - In May 1994, Berezovsky became head of the notorious Automobile All-Russia alliance "VV" and became known as the initiator of "the national car" project.
- He survived several assassination attempts, including one, when a car bomb decapitated the chauffeur of his car.
1996-1997 - He was deputy chairman of Russian Security Council.
1998-1999 - He was Executive secretary of Commonwealth of Independent States.
2001 - He moved to the UK in where he was granted political asylum.
2003 - He legally changed his name to Platon Elenin.
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