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Abramovich in court

Chelsea Football Club owner Roman Abramovich today told a High Court judge how he left school at 16 and began his business career selling plastic toys. Mr Abramovich was giving evidence in a High Court battle with exiled Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky. He said he had also served in the army and studied law. Mr Berezovsky, 65, is suing Mr Abramovich, 45, for billions of pounds in a case before Mrs Justice Gloster at the Commercial Court in London. He says the Russian billionaire businessman "betrayed" him and "intimidated" him into selling shares in the Russian oil company Sibneft for a "mere 1.3 billion" US dollars - £800 million - "a fraction of their true worth". Mr Berezovsky alleges breach of trust and breach of contract and is claiming more than £3 billion in damages - more than five billion dollars. Mr Abramovich denies the allegations and denies that Mr Berezovsky is entitled to damages. He says Mr Berezovsky was paid millions of pounds for his services as a "political godfather" but was not a business partner. The court has heard that Mr Berezovsky "fled Russia, never to return" in late 2000, following a fall-out with then President Vladimir Putin - travelling initially to France then settling in England. Mr Abramovich was giving evidence at the start of his defence case as the trial entered its fifth week. He is expected to be in the witness box for several days.