Alexander Litvinenko served in the Russian military for over 20 years achieving the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. In 1999 he was arrested and imprisoned for refusing to complete a spy mission. He subsequently escaped from Russia and lived with his family in the UK, where he was granted political asylum. He became a British citizen in October 2006 and was poisoned with radioactive Polonium 210 (the first assassination of its kind) in November 2006.
hardcover, by Alexander Litvinenko and Yuri Felshtinsky — Blowing Up Russia contains the devastating attack of ex-KGB officer Alexander Litvinenko against his former superiors. In association with academic Yuri Felshtinsky, he exposes how lethal KGB methods were used to catapult Vladimir Putin into power as one of the most popular Russian leaders ever to be elected. Banned in Russia, based on Litvinenko’s[...]
