Litvinenko was in `` an immediate liquidity squeeze '' but had assets , friend says . Exiled post-Soviet tycoon 's death consistent with hanging , autopsy finds . He fled to the Britain after a falling out with the Home Office . Detective : For years , Berezovsky bankrolled the effort of Litvinenko 's widow to push for an inquest into her husband 's death . No evidence at this stage to suggest `` first -party involvement ''
Litvinenko was in `` an immediate liquidity squeeze '' but had assets , friend says . Exiled post-Soviet tycoon 's death consistent with hanging , autopsy finds . He fled to the Britain after a falling out with the Home Office . Detective : No evidence at this stage to suggest `` first -party involvement ''