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Alexander Valterovich Litvinenko (30 August 1962 or 4 December 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.
He died on 23 November, becoming the first confirmed victim of lethal polonium-210 -induced acute radiation syndrome. [3] [6] Litvinenko's allegations about misdeeds of the FSB and his public deathbed accusations that Putin was behind his poisoning resulted in worldwide media coverage.
Sep 21, 2021 · Alistair Fuller/AP. The European Court of Human Rights has found the Kremlin responsible for the 2006 assassination by radiation poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko, a former Russian intelligence...
May 13, 2024 · Alexander Litvinenko (born December 4, 1962, Voronezh, Russia, U.S.S.R.—died November 23, 2006, London, England) was a Russian security agent who investigated domestic organized crime in his role as a member of the KGB and its successor (from 1994) the Federal Security Service (FSB).
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Sep 21, 2021 · Russia behind Litvinenko murder, rules European rights court. 21 September 2021. Alexander Litvinenko died in hospital three weeks after he was poisoned with polonium. Russia was responsible...
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Jan 21, 2016 · 21 January 2016. Getty Images. Alexander Litvinenko fell ill after a meeting with former KGB contacts in London in 2006. A public inquiry into the killing of former Russian spy Alexander...
Jan 27, 2015 · Ex-Russian agent Alexander Litvinenko died in a London hospital on 23 November 2006 from radiation poisoning. His death sparked a series of claims and counter-claims over who was responsible, and...
