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