Aleksandr Litvinenko

Ex-officer Alexander Litvinenko, who rose to the rank of FSB lieutenant colonel, began to criticize the Russian authorities. The dissident was fired and charged with a number of crimes. As a result, Litvinenko was forced to flee to Great Britain. The biography and circumstances of his death are still of interest.

Litvinenko Alexander Valterovich was born on December 4, 1962 in the city of Voronezh. Nina Pavlovna, mother, an economist by education, and father Walter Aleksandrovich is a captain of the internal troops.

When the boy was 2 years old, his parents decided to divorce, Alexander stayed with his mother. They moved to the city of Nalchik to strengthen Sasha's health, and his grandfather and grandmother lived right there.

At the age of 18, Litvinenko enlists in the army. After demobilization, he becomes a cadet of the Higher Military School of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the city of Ordzhonikidze. When his studies are over, the man begins service in the escort troops.

When Alexander Litvinenko was 24 years old, he joined the KGB, where he took up arms theft. After 2 years, the man graduated from the Higher Courses in Counterintelligence. In the same period, Alexander moved to the appropriate department.

As an operational officer of the FSB headquarters since 1991, his specialization was countering terrorism and crime. In 1997, Litvinenko was transferred to the post of deputy head of one of the URPO divisions.

In 1998, during a meeting with the press, he and a group of colleagues reported that they had received an order to liquidate the Deputy Secretary of the Russian Security Council, Boris Berezovsky. These actions angered Putin, who at the time was the head of the FSB. As a result, this act cost the employees a career.

In 1999, Alexander Litvinenko was detained and sent to the FSB jail. In the future, the court will acquit the man, but he will be immediately taken into custody on a second charge. However, in 2000 the case will be closed due to lack of corpus delicti.

A little later, a new production was opened, but this time Litvinenko was released on recognizance not to leave. After that, the man fled the country for security reasons. This led to the opening of the 4th criminal case. Great Britain in 2001 provides the ex-chekist with political asylum.

Litvinenko emphasized that he could not know about the nature of the service and, as a result, betray state secrets to Russia. In London, the former officer lived on an allowance from the Berezovsky fund and royalties from trade deals between Russian and British participants. In 2002, a Russian court passed a sentence in absentia: 3.5 years probation.

The man gave numerous interviews and wrote articles, accusing the Russian regime of criminal acts.

The former officer had 2 marriages. The first wife is Natalya, he was familiar with her since childhood. When Alexander lived in the city of Fryazino, he was friends with the girl's cousin, so he often visited their house. But the connection was cut off - Litvinenko had to leave for Nalchik.

Young people got married when Natalya was 19, and Alexander was 20 years old, he was still studying at the school. Their life together lasted a little over 10 years. During this period of time, the family traveled a lot around the country, they lived in Novosibirsk, and in Tver, and in Novomoskovsk. From his first marriage, Litvinenko had two children: Sofia and Alexander.

In the early 90s, the transfer to the Lubyanka became fatal for the family. The very first task required the constant presence in the apartment of the Numerous spouses, from whom the criminals extorted money. It was the Chislovs who introduced Alexander to his second wife Marina. Litvinenko left the family when his daughter was not yet 2 years old, and his son was barely 6 years old. However, the ex-wife did not speak ill of Alexander, calling his death a terrible tragedy.

In the second marriage, Alexander and Marina had a son, Anatoly. In the future, he studied at University College, choosing as a specialization in Eastern European politics. The choice of the institution was a tribute to the memory of his father, who passed away in the intensive care unit of the college clinic. In an interview dated 2015, he noted that his dad was trying to make Russia better.

November 2006 was the last for the ex-secret service officer, he was poisoned with radioactive poison. Based on the opinion of the investigation, the deliberate poisoning took place at the Millennium Hotel during a meeting with his former colleague Andrei Lugovoi and businessman Dmitry Kovtun.

After the poisoning, Litvinenko's condition worsened, and, despite attempts by toxicologists to cope with the disease, it continued to deteriorate. On November 23, 2006, Alexander Litvinenko died and was buried in London's Highgate Memorial Cemetery.

As a result of the autopsy, it became clear that death was due to poisoning with a radioactive substance called polonium-210. This was followed by a search for traces of this element throughout London. And those were found in 3 places: the Millennium hotel, the Abracadabra men's club and the Emirates stadium, where Lugovoy watched the match between London's Arsenal and Russian CSKA.

The investigation established that on the day of the poisoning, Litvinenko also had a meeting with Mario Scaramella, who is considered an expert in the field of security. At the meeting, according to Mario, he gave Alexander the documents regarding the murder of Anna Politkovskaya.

Traces of polonium-210 were found in 2 planes at Heathrow Airport, as well as in an apartment in Hamburg related to Dmitry Kovtun. Approximately 700 people were checked for radioactive poisoning, but no serious signs were found.

Before his death, the former FSB colonel converted to Islam and bequeathed to be buried in accordance with Muslim customs. According to Berezovsky, this decision was a specific expression of solidarity with the Chechen people. This is an analogy to how, during the war years, in protest against the Nazis in relation to the Jews, people of other religions and nationalities wore an armband with a six-pointed star.

In recent days, Alexander Litvinenko dictated a statement in which he declared guilty of his destruction of the Russian organs and personally of Vladimir Putin, whom he called "a ruthless barbarian." The man also wrote a will and asked Maria Litvinenko to take a photo of him.

An international scandal unfolded around this tragedy, which worsened relations between Moscow and London. The opposition and representatives of the West accused the Russian leader of eliminating the officer who broke the oath. But Putin only expressed regret that a personal tragedy had sparked political provocations. Britain believed that Litvinenko was killed, but Russia refused to extradite the people who were suspected of the crime. They, in turn, denied any involvement in the murder.

In April 2018, the Hamburg prosecutor's office established that polonium "was in London before Lugovoy and Kovtun arrived there." Here are the words of the adviser to the Prosecutor General of Russia:

"According to the conclusions of the prosecutor, the maximum degree of infection was found in Berezovsky's London office, as well as in the body of an Italian citizen, Mario Scaramella."

Earlier, the UK investigation claimed that the poisoning of Litvinenko was the work of the Russian authorities. Moscow, in turn, denied the accusations, while noting the political nature of the investigation.

In 2015, Alexander Litvinenko served as the prototype for one of the main characters (Alexander Volkov) in the 8-episode television feature film "The Unjustified". The role of Volkov was played by actor Kirill Pletnev. Silantyev R. A. 100 most famous "Russian Muslims". - Yekaterinburg: Yekaterinburg diocese, Missionary department, 2016 .-- 216 p. - 500 copies. Litvinenko, Alexander - article in Lentapedia. year 2012. Litvinenko Justice Foundation

Who was mr Litvinenko? The website dedicated to the memory of Alexander Litvinenko "The FSB is blowing up Russia" is a book by Alexander Litvinenko and Yuri Felshtinsky, dedicated to the conspiracy theory about the causes and organizers of a series of terrorist acts - the explosions of residential buildings in Russia in the fall of 1999, including the role of the FSB in the incident in Ryazan on September 22, 1999 ... Lubyanka Criminal Group is a book by Alexander Litvinenko about the alleged transformation of Russian security services into a criminal and terrorist organization. Andrey Nekrasov's documentary: Riot. Litvinenko case

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