Alexander Litvinenko
| Alexander Litvinenko Александр Литвиненко |
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 United Kingdom |
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KGB/FSB (defected) MI6 |
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| Birth name | Aleksandr Val'terovič Litvinenko |
| Born | 30 August 1962 Voronezh, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Died | 23 November 2006 (aged 44) London, England, United Kingdom |
| Cause of death |
Radiation poisoning |
| Nationality | Soviet Union (1962–1991) Russian Federation (1991–his death) United Kingdom (2006–his death) |
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Soviet Union,
Russia (defected)
Alexander Valterovich Litvinenko (Russian: Алекса́ндр Ва́льтерович Литвине́нко; IPA: [ɐlʲɪˈksandr ˈvaltərəvʲɪtɕ lʲɪtvʲɪˈnʲɛnkə]; 30 August 1962 or 4 December 1962 by father's account – 23 November 2006) was a former officer of the Russian FSB secret service who specialised in tackling organised crime – according to US diplomats, Litvinenko coined the phrase Mafia state. In November 1998, Litvinenko and several other FSB officers publicly accused their superiors of ordering the assassination of the Russian tycoon and 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.
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