INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
team of ordering a number of attacks against Navalny allies.Nevzlin, a close associate of exiled Kremlin critic Mikhail Khodorkovsky, was
accused of ordering assaults against Navalny ally Leonid Volkov in Lithuania, Navalny aide Ivan Zhdanov in Switzerland and the wife of
economist Maxim Mironov, Alexandra Petrachkova, in Argentina
learning that they would not be able to pay him and gave his information to the Kremlin-funded network Russia Today.Nevzlin denied having
Times looks at Nevzlin's biography:Born in Moscow in 1959, Nevzlin began his career in the Soviet Union as a computer engineer
Amid the tumultuous years that followed the Soviet collapse, he transitioned to the business world, joining forces with Mikhail
than 1.3 billion euros, fled to Israel in 2003.The Russian government has repeatedly attempted to extradite him from exile by issuing
international arrest warrants.Russian authorities charged Nevzlin in absentia with a range of serious crimes, which his lawyers said were
politically motivated.He was sentenced in 2008 in absentia to life in prison for ordering four killings of business rivals and officials,
including the mayor of the Siberian town of Nefteyugansk, in his time at Yukos.A Russian court also found him guilty of tax evasion and
embezzlement of property.Russian prosecutors have also accused Nevzlin of links to the killing of former KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko, who
was poisoned in London in 2006
The prosecutor general claimed that traces of mercury had been found in Moscow and London and that this indicated a link to Nevzlin.Since
moving to Israel, Nevzlin has been engaged in philanthropic activities funding several education projects and local media as well as
active opponent of the war
