One of Boris Berezovsky's children paid tribute to her father on Wednesday following his death in Britain at the weekend, saying he was not a "typical parent" but she was proud of him. The 67-year-old Russian oligarch and Kremlin critic was found dead on the floor of his bathroom in his mansion in the upmarket town of Ascot, west of London, on Saturday afternoon. A post-mortem found he had been hanged and police have said they do not believe anyone else was involved in his death.

Britain will open an inquest on Thursday into the death of Russian oligarch and Kremlin critic Boris Berezovsky after a post-mortem found he had been hanged, police said. Detectives are focusing on the 67-year-old tycoon's state of mind in the final days of his life after his body was found in his mansion on Saturday. Friends said he had been deeply depressed in recent weeks and was left distraught by his defeat last year in a multi-million-pound court battle with Roman Abramovich, another Britain-based Russian oligarch who owns English Premier League football club Chelsea.

A post-mortem carried out on the body of Russian oligarch and Kremlin critic Boris Berezovsky on Monday found the cause of death to be "consistent with hanging", British police said. The 67-year-old exile was found dead at his mansion in Ascot, west of London, on Saturday. "The results of the post-mortem examination, carried out by a Home Office pathologist, have found the cause of death is consistent with hanging," said a Thames Valley Police statement. "The pathologist has found nothing to indicate a violent struggle," it added.

A post-mortem on the body of Russian oligarch and Kremlin critic Boris Berezovsky was to be carried out on Monday, British police said. Police say there is no indication that anyone else was involved in his death of the 67-year-old, whose body was found at his mansion in Ascot, west of London on Saturday. A pathologist from the Home Office interior ministry will undertake the examination instead of a local expert, due to the sensitivity of the case, police said.