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Alexander Valterovich Litvinenko [a] (30 August 1962 [2] or 4 December 1962 [3] – 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.
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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.
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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...
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Sep 21, 2021 · Alexander Litvinenko died in hospital three weeks after he was poisoned with polonium. Russia was responsible for the killing of Alexander Litvinenko, the European Court of Human Rights...
Alexander Litvinenko (born December 4, 1962, Voronezh, Russia, U.S.S.R.—died November 23, 2006, London, England) 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 · CNN — Russia was responsible for killing Alexander Litvinenko, a former Russian agent turned Kremlin critic who died in London by polonium poisoning in 2006, the European Court of Human Rights...
Sep 21, 2021 · LONDON, Sept 21 (Reuters) - The European Court of Human Rights found on Tuesday that Russia was responsible for the assassination of ex-KGB officer Alexander Litvinenko, who died an agonising...
