The British Foreign Secretary, Margaret Beckett, has condemned Russian fugitive oligarch Boris Berezovsky’s statements on a coup attempt in Russia, the PressTV web-site reports.

Beckett said Britain expects everyone who resides, works or is on a visit to Britain to observe the country’s laws.

London police began studying Berezovsky’s statement to The Guardian that he was plotting a coup in Russia, to see if any laws have been violated.

Berezovsky, who was granted political asylum in Britain in 2003 after fleeing prosecution in his home country on fraud and money laundering charges, told the newspaper on Friday that he has bankrolled Kremlin insiders conspiring to overthrow President Vladimir Putin.

Russian prosecutors said they would take legal action against Berezovsky and renewed their calls for his extradition.

Berezovsky is already facing sedition charges, brought against him in February 2006 after he made similar comments.

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