Scotland Yard to Examine Berezovsky�s Interview - Kommersant Moscow

British law-enforcement authorities will closely examine the interview of Russian businessman Boris Berezovsky, published in The Guardian newspaper on April 13th.
�We plan to find out whether any statements of Berezovsky published in the newspaper violate the law,� Scotland Yard said on Friday.

Earlier that day, the Foreign Office of Great Britain denounced Berezovsky�s statement about the necessity of �using force� to change the political regime in Russia.

British Embassy in Russia said that if Berezovsky keeps making similar statements, his status of political refugee might be reconsidered.

Meanwhile, the Prosecutor General�s Office of Russia initiated a criminal case against Berezovsky on Friday, according to the article �seizure of power by force� which stipulates up to 20 years of imprisonment. Russian authorities have once again asked Great Britain to extradite Berezovsky.

Berezovsky himself said on Friday night in his interview to The Daily Telegraph that he supports �changing the regime bloodlessly�, does not support changing political power in Russia by force, but believes that parliamentary elections will not change the situation in the country.