By Will Stewart and Leon Watson PUBLISHED: 07:07 EST, 26 March 2012 | UPDATED: 17:57 EST, 28 March 2012 A Moscow oligarch whose attempted killers were allegedly fingered by the banker shot in London has claimed Russian 'terrorism' has arrived on Britain's streets. Alexander Antonov spoke out in support of German Gorbuntsov, 45, now in a coma after being gunned down in a suspected contract killing attempt last Tuesday. Shortly before the attack the wounded banker had given evidence implicating his own associates in an earlier mafia-style assassination bid against Mr Antonov, a key figure in the Converse Bank empire.
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German Gorbuntsov, 45, was seeking political asylum in the UK
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He feared he would be forced back into the clutches of enemies in Russia
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There are fears for the safety of his wife Larisa, who is at his bedside
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The financier's would-be assassin remains at large
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