London , England ( CNN ) -- Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky has won his libel case against a Russian broadcaster in a London court , his spokeswoman told CNN Wednesday . The tycoon , who now lives in exile in Britain , was disputing a 2007 report by the All-Russian State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company ( VGTRK ) , which claimed Berezovsky was behind the 2006 poisoning death of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko . The High Court in London awarded Berezovsky £150,000 ( $ 223,400 ) in damages , according to Berezovsky 's spokeswoman , Jennifer Morgan . `` I have no doubt that , in making this program , the purpose of RTR and the Russian authorities was to undermine my asylum status in the U.K. and to put the investigation of ( Alexander ) Litvinenko 's murder on the wrong track , '' Berezovsky said in a statement . `` I am pleased that the court , through its judgment , has unequivocally demolished RTR 's claims . '' RTR is the company 's satellite channel . The judgment was issued in London because RTR broadcasts to Britain . In addition to VGTRK , a Russian man , Vladimir Terluk , was also found liable for the damages because the judge found he had made the claim in RTR 's report . VGTRK will not accept the ruling , company lawyer Zoya Matveyevskaya told the state-run RIA-Novosti news service . The broadcaster had previously said it would not recognize any court rulings in this case and would appeal to the European Court , saying the London court process was `` biased '' and `` politically tinted , '' RIA-Novosti reported . The High Court had demanded that VGTRK reveal its information sources , and after the TV company refused , the court banned the broadcaster from taking part in the court process , RIA-Novosti reported . Litvinenko was a former KGB agent who came to Britain in 2000 after turning whistle blower on the FSB , the KGB 's successor . He claimed he had been ordered to assassinate Berezovsky . Like other dissidents in London , Litvinenko was a vehement critic of then-President Vladimir Putin and vocal about Chechen politics . He wrote a book in which he claimed FSB agents , and not Chechen rebels , carried out a series of bombings at Moscow apartment buildings and a mall in 1999 that killed 300 people . Litvinenko died at a London hospital November 23 , 2006 , from a massive dose of the radioactive material polonium-210 . In a deathbed statement he blamed Putin for his death , something the Kremlin has strongly denied . Berezovsky sued over allegations that he was involved in Litvinenko 's death , which were broadcast April 1 , 2007 , on RTR 's news program Vesti Nedeli , or News of the Week . The program featured an interview with a man named Pyotr , who made the claim . Pyotr 's identity was disguised , but the High Court judge found he was in fact Terluk , who has lived in Britain since 1999 . Berezovsky made his money during the years that Boris Yeltsin was president of Russia by taking control of many state assets , from oil and car companies to property . He was part of the Yeltsin inner circle and led an extravagant lifestyle immortalized in the film , `` Oligarch . '' But when Putin came to power , Berezovsky fell out of favor and found his business activities under scrutiny . He fled to Britain in 2000 and was granted political asylum in 2003 . He also saw the demise of his media ambitions after his stake in Russia 's major television company ORT was sold , and his own TV6 channel was closed down . Berezovsky and Litvinenko came to know each other in the aftermath of a failed assassination attempt on the oligarch in 1994 . The pair maintained contact once in Britain .
Boris Berezkovsky awarded £ 223,400 in damages after libel case . Russian tycoon disputed RTR report claiming he was behind murder of Boris Berezkovsky . Former Russian spy Litvinenko died in 2006 from a massive dose of polonium-210 . Judgment was issued in Britain because RIA-Novosti news service broadcasts to Britain .