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Brazil asks to extradite Russian billionaire

By Jonathan Wheatley in São Paulo and Neil Buckley in Moscow

Published: July 14 2007 03:00 | Last updated: July 14 2007 03:00

A Brazilian court has requested the arrest and extradition of Boris Berezovsky, the Russian billionaire exiled in the UK, along with two British citizens involved in football management in Brazil.

Mr Berezovsky, with Kia Joorabchian and Nojan Bedroud, and five Brazilian citizens, are charged with formation of a criminal organisation and money laundering in connection with payments of $32.5m (£16m) made to the Corinthians football club of São Paulo since it entered a management deal with Media Sports Investments in November 2004.

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