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.

Alexander Litvinenko was an officer of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) and its predecessor, the KGB, until he left the service and fled the country in late 2000. In 1998, Litvinenko and several other Russian intelligence officers said they had been ordered to kill Boris Berezovsky, a Russian businessman. [3]

2024年11月30日 · 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).

2016年1月21日 · A public inquiry into the killing of ex-Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko has concluded. But who was he and why did his death cause such controversy?

2021年9月21日 · Alexander Litvinenko, a former Russian intelligence officer, died in London weeks after drinking tea that was later found to have been laced with the deadly radioactive compound polonium-210.

For London, Litvinenko, a former officer of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) who had sought political asylum in the UK, was still just a foreigner, even though the authorities had granted him and his family British citizenship.

2015年1月27日 · 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...

2015年7月28日 · Security cameras captured Alexander Litvinenko on his way to meet two former colleagues from the murky world of Russian intelligence. The grainy black-and-white images show him walking out of...

2022年12月16日 · In November 2006, former Russian secret service agent Alexander Litvinenko died in a London hospital after being exposed to the deadly radioactive polonium-210. Litvinenko’s death caused international controversy.

2021年9月21日 · Russia was responsible for the killing of Alexander Litvinenko, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has found. Litvinenko, a former Russian spy who became a British citizen, was fatally...