12-09-2019, 11:03 AM
Move along... nothing to see here, folks. Please stop using the expression 'cleaning house', it was an accident.
(And anyway, Porton Down in Salisbury has all our Novichok!)
(And anyway, Porton Down in Salisbury has all our Novichok!)
Quote:Billionaire Russian killed last month while walking his dog in Surrey 'had enemies' says former headDaily Mail:
of security to oligarch found dead in 2013
*Billionaire Dmitry Obretetsky, 49, was hit by a car as he walked his dog in Surrey
*Both the Russian billionaire and his dog were killed in the crash on November 25
*Former security chief to Boris Berezovsky says that Mr Obretetsky 'had enemies'
Russian tycoon Dmitry Obretetsky (left) was knocked down and killed in Surrey last month.
Sergei Migdal, former security chief to outspoken Kremlin critic Boris Berezovsky (right),
has revealed Mr Obretetsky 'had enemies'
'A Russian billionaire knocked down and killed near his £6million Surrey mansion last month had 'enemies' and 'intense
financial disputes' before his death, according to the former head of security of an oligarch found dead in 2013.
Billionaire Dmitry Obretetsky, 49, was hit by a car as he walked his dog in the wealthy village of Oxshott on November 25.
He was in a coma for several days before he passed away.
Now Sergei Migdal, former security chief to outspoken Kremlin critic Boris Berezovsky, has revealed that Mr Obretetsky
left almost 500 stakeholders without a return on their investment after his construction firm Stroi-City collapsed.
The company, based in Mr Obretetsky's home town Volgograd, went bankrupt before it had been able to finish work on a
residential complex.
A friend of Mr Obretetsky from Russia previously questioned whether he was deliberately killed.
Former Israeli criminal intelligence officer Mr Migdal has now also suggested that Mr Obretetsky may have been killed
deliberately. He told The Times: 'It's speculation at this point but most Russian business people get killed as a consequence
of business disputes.'
The Russian businessman, 49, was killed in a collision involving three vehicles on this road in Oxshott while he was out walking his dog
on November 25. The tycoon lived in in Hamilton House (pictured), a £6million property on an exclusive estate in Oxshott.
However, he added that, as far as he was aware, Mr Obretetsky was not an opponent of Mr Putin.
He said: 'He wasn't ever much into politics and he isn't on Putin's list of enemies. He more positioned himself as a Russian
patriot. '[He] did have enemies. He was involved in a couple of intense financial disputes following the collapse of his
construction firm in Volgograd.'
Mr Migdal was in charge of security for Mr Berezovsky from 2005 to 2010.
The oligarch was an opponent of President Putin and was found dead at his home in Ascot, Berkshire, in 2013.
Initially, his death was ruled as suicide but an open verdict was later declared, after another inquest.
A business partner of Mr Obretetsky is currently behind bars in Russia after he was extradited over claims he conned his
workers out of 26million roubles (£300,000).
The incident is the latest in a series of mysterious deaths of prominent Russians in the area, after Badri Patarkatsishvili
died at an estate near Leatherhead in 2008, Alexander Peripilichnyy died near Weybridge in 2012 and Mr Berezovsky
died near Ascot in 2013.
The small corner of London's commuter belt has seen a number of mysterious deaths
of prominent Russians in recent years.
Unlike those figures, Obretetsky is not known to have expressed any opposition to Russian leader Vladimir Putin and experts
on the region say oligarchs who become incredibly wealthy in Putin's Russia often have the leader's tacit consent.
Chelsea [football club] owner Roman Abramovich also has property near Oxshott. It is not known whether the two were friends,
but Mr Obretetsky's son Ilya has been pictured in Chelsea's Stamford Bridge changing rooms.
The Russian businessman lived in Hamilton House, a £6 million property on an exclusive estate in Oxshott. Former England
and Chelsea captain John Terry also owns a property nearby.
Neighbours of Obretetsky's grand Surrey mansion said today that his family had left the property soon after news of his death
emerged. Aleksi Fadejeb, 46, who lives opposite Mr Obretesky said: 'I'm also Russian but didn't know Dmitry that well.
He regularly walked his dog Oscar and I'd be out with my own dog. We always said hello but it didn't go much beyond that.
'The road Dmitry was trying to cross is very dangerous. I lost my dog there about two weeks ago. I know Dmitry' s family must
be devastated by his loss. I've heard they are currently in Russia.'
The three drivers involved in the incident in Surrey last week are understood to have stopped at the scene, but detectives have
appealed for information and dashcam footage of the incident.
A police spokesman said: 'We are continuing to investigate the circumstances around the collision.'
His dog was also killed in the road crash...'
