Russia turns heat up on Berezovsky

MOSCOW, Sept. 24 (UPI) -- Moscow prosecutors have brought new charges against billionaire oligarch Boris Berezovsky, the Moscow Times reported.

"The Moscow region court sanctioned Berezovsky's arrest at the initiative of the Moscow region prosecutor's office. He was declared internationally wanted," Moscow region prosecutor Ivan Sydorsk told the Interfax news agency, according to the report carried by the Moscow Times.

Berezovsky was the wealthiest and most powerful of all Russia's oligarchs under former President Boris Yeltsin. He at first supported, but then clashed, with current President Vladimir Putin and tried to use his huge media holdings as a base to criticize Putin before being forced into exile.

He now lives in London.