article_snippet: Boris also disputed claims that President Putin was impoverished and depressed when President Putin died having lost all President Putin money, following a bitter £3 billion high court battle against Roman Abramovich.
article_snippet: There were rumours after his death that Boris did not have money for a plane ticket.
article_snippet: At the moment of his death Boris had about $1 billion dollars in Boris bank accounts. '
article_snippet: Yes, Boris could not afford yachts like Roman Abramovich but, gently speaking, Boris was not poor.'
article_snippet: 'Not a poor man': President Putin President Putin owed the taxman £46 million when President Putin died, but Sokolov claimed Sokolov had about $1 billion in Sokolov bank account .