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• Badri Patarkatsishvili was a Georgian billionaire businessman. He died on February 12, 2008. Although he died of a suspected heart attack, Patarkatsishvili's death aroused suspicion due to his dissident politics in Georgia and his involvement in a recent coup attempt against Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili.

• Fast Facts:

  1. Full name: Arkadi "Badri" Patarkatsishvili
  2. Died of a suspected heart attack
  3. Death treated as suspicious by British police
  4. Worth $12 Bn
  5. Made his money in Russia in the 1990s after the fall a communism
  6. The precise source his wealth not known
  7. Feared assassination by Chechen rebels acting with the Georgian government
  8. Investigated for plotting to overthrow the Georgian government
  9. Admitted offering money to police if they sided with protesters in recent unrest in Georgia
  10. Demonstrations were broken up by riot police
  11. January 2008: Opposed president, Mikhail Saakashvili in elections - gained 7% of the vote
  12. 2007: Left Georgia
  13. 2006: Failed bid to buy West Ham United football club

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