Russian authorities would need litigation abroad to get Berezovsky money

Russian authorities would have to go to foreign courts if they want to make heirs of late Russian tycoon Boris Berezovsky cough up money that was allegedly misappropriated by the businessman before he fled from Russia in 2000, one of his lawyers said on Friday.
Earlier on Friday, Russia's Federal Court Bailiff Service told Interfax that Berezovsky's "legal successors" might be furnished with bills totaling 3 billion rubles.

"I think the reference is to his heirs," Berezovsky's lawyer Andrei Borovkov said.

"First and foremost, it's his children, wives and parents. His mother is alive, as far as I know, and he had six children - if they accept the inheritance rights, it's they who will be the legal successors, and then the bailiffs will be able to go to them. It's another story that the assets that Berezovsky has left behind need to be found first," Borovkov said.

As Berezovsky's potential heirs live abroad, claims for the money would have to be put before foreign courts, the lawyer said.
Berezovsky was found dead by a bodyguard in a bathroom is his mansion in Ascot in the English country of Berkshire on March 23.