Alexander Litvinenko

Also known as Aleksandr Valterovich Litvinenko, Alexander Valterovich Litvinenko

ex-KGB agent and FSB lieutenant-colonel (1962-2006)

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Alexander Litvinenko (1962–2006) was a Russian writer, military personnel, and spy. Born in Voronezh, he held citizenship in the Soviet Union, Russia, and the United Kingdom. His military career included service in the Soviet Internal Troops, KGB, Federal Counterintelligence Service, and Federal Security Service, where he attained the rank of podpolkovnik. He worked in the fields of intelligence agencies and espionage.

Litvinenko authored several works, including *Lubyanka Criminal Group*, *FSB vzryvaet Rossii︠u︡*, *The Age of Putin*, *LPG--Lubi︠a︡nskai︠a︡ Prestupnai︠a︡ Gruppirovka*, and *Neotravlennoe slovo*. He spoke Russian and practiced Islam. His death in 2006 at University College Hospital, London, was attributed to radiation syndrome resulting from homicide, an event known as the poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko. He is buried at Highgate Cemetery.

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Born: 1962
Died: 2006
Works: 7

Top works

Lubyanka Criminal Group
FSB vzryvaet Rossii︠u︡
The Age of Putin
LPG--Lubi︠a︡nskai︠a︡ Prestupnai︠a︡ Gruppirovka
Neotravlennoe slovo

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Film & TV

Known for

In the Grip of Gazprom — Self (archive footage)2023
Litvinenko: The Mayfair Poisoning — Self (archive footage)2022
Spycraft — Self2021
Poisoned by Polonium — Self (archive footage)2007

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: Aleksandr
Gender: male
Citizenship: United Kingdom
Place of birth: Voronezh
Place of death: University College Hospital
Occupation: spy
Languages spoken: Russian
Religion: Islam
Notable work: Blowing Up Russia
Field of work: espionage
Military branch: Federal Security Service
Military rank: podpolkovnik
Significant event: poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko

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place of burial: Highgate Cemetery
cause of death: radiation syndrome
date of birth: 1962-12-04
date of death: 2006-11-23
Commons category: Alexander Litvinenko
topic's main category: Category:Alexander Litvinenko
manner of death: homicide
name in native language: Александр Литвиненко
present in work: Litvinenko
partner in business or sport: Yuri Felshtinsky
ethnic group: Ukrainians

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Encyclopedic overview

Alexander Valterovich Litvinenko (30 August 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. A prominent critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, he advised British intelligence and coined the term "mafia state."

In November 1998, Litvinenko and several other FSB officers publicly accused their superiors of ordering the assassination of the Russian 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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