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'''Boris Berezovsky was a significant figure during the presidency of [[Boris Yeltsin]], serving as deputy secretary of Russia's Security Council in 1996 and later as executive secretary in 1998. He played a role in Yeltsin's reelection in 1996 by bankrolling his campaign and using his [[media]] influence. After [[Vladimir Putin]] came to power, Berezovsky became a prominent critic of the [[Kremlin]] and went into exile in [[Great Britain]] in late 2000. He was found dead by hanging in his [[London]] bathroom, ruled a [[suicide]], in 2013.