Death of a Dissident: The Poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko and the Return of the KGB

by Alex Goldfarb

Marina Litvinenko (Secondary Author)

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The first reports seemed absurd, almost surreal. A Russian dissident, formerly an employee of the KGB and its successor, the FSB, had seemingly been poisoned in a London sushi bar. As Alexander Litvinenko's condition worsened, however, and he was transferred to hospital and placed under armed guard, the story took a sinister turn. On 23 November 2006, Litvinenko died, apparently from polonium-210 radiation poisoning. He himself, in a dramatic statement from his deathbed, accused his former employers at the Kremlin of being responsible for his murder. Who was Alexander Litvinenko? What had happened in Russia since the end of...Read more
  • ISBN10 1416552022
  • ISBN13 9781416552024
  • Publish Date 4 April 2016 (first published 1 June 2007)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Imprint Frep - Free PR
  • Format Paperback (US Trade)
  • Pages 392
  • Language English