US Government Documents Prove It Conclusively - Putin Was NOT 'Chosen' by the Oligarchs

Declassified US government documents finally bury myth of Berezovsky hand-picking Putin and show Putin was always his own man

Alexander Mercouris

5 hours ago

Russian Oligarch Boris Berezovsky with Boris Yeltsin

A recent article by Masha Gessen for the New York Times has revived the story of Putin having been hand-picked for the Russian Presidency by the former oligarch Boris Berezovsky.

In this article Gessen quotes Berezovsky telling her in 2008 that he proposed to Putin a fake two-party system to control Russia (see also Boris Berezovsky’s Evil Plan to Mimic the U.S. Political System, Russia Insider, 12th June 2015).

Gessen, who is a staunch opponent of Putin’s, implies that this is the political system Putin has created in Russia, presumably under the influence of his former mentor, Berezovsky.

It needs to be said clearly and unambiguously that the story of Putin being hand-picked by Berezovsky is untrue and is a fantasy invented by Berezovsky himself. In the light of new evidence that has recently come to light it is incredible that it is still being peddled.

Before discussing how Putin actually came to power and what role (if any) Berezovsky had in it, it is necessary to say something about Berezovsky himself.

This is what a British High Court Judge said about Berezovsky in a court case that was decided in London in 2012:

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