Berezovsky, 66, was claiming more than £3bn damages at a High Court
trial after accusing the 45-year-old Russian billionaire businessman of
blackmail, breach of trust and breach of contract, but the judge said
the former billionaire had been "clearly making his evidence up as he
went along."
Berezovsky told the trial, which started in London last October and
ended in January, that Abramovich "intimidated" him into selling shares
in a Russian oil company at a fraction of their value.
He also told judge Mrs Justice Gloster that
Abramovich broke a promise made during a deal relating to a Russian
aluminium company.
Abramovich, who was not in court to hear his victory, disputed the claims.
Announcing her decision, Mrs Justice Gloster said she found Abramovich "to be a truthful, and on the whole reliable, witness".
Berezovsky was "an unimpressive, and inherently unreliable witness who regarded truth as a transitory, flexible concept."
During the trial, Berezovsky labelled Abramovich a "gangster".
Abramovich said there was at times "something of a megalomaniac" about
Berezovsky.
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