Death of a Dissident: The Poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko and the Return of the KGB

Goldfarb, Alex;Litvinenko, Marina

ISBN 10: 0743569342 / ISBN 13: 9780743569347

Published by Simon & Schuster, Riverside, New Jersey, U.S.A., 2007

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Death of a Dissident: The Poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko and the Return of the KGB
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster, Riverside, New Jersey, U.S.A.
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0743569342
• ISBN 13: 9780743569347
• Binding: AudioCD
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

With the help of the victim's widow, a close associate of the murdered defector, Alexander Litvinenko, offers an in-depth account of the former spy's career, from his work in Russia, to his escape to the United Kingdom and his efforts to expose the intrigue and assassinations of the FSB (formerly the KGB), to his murder in October 2006. Simultaneous.

About the Authors

Alex Goldfarb, Ph.D., was a dissident scientist who left Russia in the 1970s, joining the faculty of Columbia University. After the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, he went to work for George Soros directing charitable initiatives in Russia. He befriended Alexander Litvinenko in the 1990s. Goldfarb later helped Litvinenko work on his memoirs and supported his efforts to expose the abuses of the newly ascendant FSB. Goldfarb is currently the executive director of the International Foundation for Civil Liberties, set up by Boris Berezovsky as an umbrella group for human-rights activists.

Marina Litvinenko first met Alexander at her thirty-first birthday party, in 1993, when he was a young officer in the FSB. They married and she gave birth to a son thereafter. In 2000, the three of them sought asylum in the United Kingdom, and she continues to live in London with her twelve-year-old son.

Dennis Boutsikaris won an OBIE Award for his performance in Sight Unseen and played Mozart in Amadeus on Broadway. Among his films are *batteries not included, The Dream Team, and Boys On the Side. His many television credits include And Then There Was One, Chasing the Dragon and 100 Center Street.