Alexander Litvinenko
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Alexander Litvinenko was a Russian security agent who defected to the West and became a vocal critic of the Kremlin before his death in 2006. His poisoning with a radioactive substance remains a controversial international incident that raised questions about state involvement and highlighted tensions between Russia and the West.
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- Born
- 1962
- Died
- 2006
- Works
- 7
Top works
- Lubyanka Criminal Group
- FSB vzryvaet Rossii︠u︡
- The Age of Putin
- LPG--Lubi︠a︡nskai︠a︡ Prestupnai︠a︡ Gruppirovka
- Neotravlennoe slovo
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Known for
- In the Grip of Gazprom — Self (archive footage)2023
- Litvinenko: The Mayfair Poisoning — Self (archive footage)2022
- Spycraft — Self2021
- Poisoned by Polonium — Self (archive footage)2007
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Alexander Valterovich Litvinenko (30 August 1962 – 23 November 2006) was a British-naturalised Russian defector and former officer of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) who specialised in tackling organised crime. A prominent critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, he advised British intelligence and coined the term "mafia state."
In November 1998, Litvinenko and several other FSB officers publicly accused their superiors of ordering the assassination of the Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky. Litvinenko was arrested the following March on charges of exceeding the authority of his position. He was acquitted in November 1999 but re-arrested before the charges were again dismissed in 2000. He fled with his family to London and was granted asylum in the United Kingdom, where he worked as a journalist, writer and consultant for the British intelligence services.