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| '''''Death of a Dissident: The Poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko and the Return of the KGB''''' is a book written by ] and Marina Litvinenko about the life and death of former ] officer ], who was poisoned by the radioactive ] in ] in November 2006. | '''''Death of a Dissident: The Poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko and the Return of the KGB''''' is a book written by ] and Marina Litvinenko about the life and death of former ] officer, and double-agent ], who was poisoned by the radioactive ] in ] in November 2006. | ||
| The life of ] has been described in the book at the background of power struggle between different political forces in ]. The book presents various ] of ] that have been undertaken by Russian state-security services to bring their leaders to power, from an attempted coup allegedly organized by ] in 1996 to the election of ], who became popular as a result of the ]. According to the book, ] was appointed the Prime minister of Russia as a result of a secret deal with ] ], who was described by ] as the "Godfather of the Kremlin". | The life of ] has been described in the book at the background of power struggle between different political forces in ]. The book presents various ] of ] that have been undertaken by Russian state-security services to bring their leaders to power, from an attempted coup allegedly organized by ] in 1996 to the election of ], who became popular as a result of the ]. According to the book, ] was appointed the Prime minister of Russia as a result of a secret deal with ] ], who was described by ] as the "Godfather of the Kremlin". | ||
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Death of a Dissident: The Poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko and the Return of the KGB is a book written by Alexander Goldfarb and Marina Litvinenko about the life and death of former FSB officer, and double-agent Alexander Litvinenko, who was poisoned by the radioactive polonium in London in November 2006.
The life of Alexander Litvinenko has been described in the book at the background of power struggle between different political forces in post-Soviet Russia. The book presents various theories of active measures that have been undertaken by Russian state-security services to bring their leaders to power, from an attempted coup allegedly organized by Alexander Korzhakov in 1996 to the election of Vladimir Putin, who became popular as a result of the Second Chechen war. According to the book, Vladimir Putin was appointed the Prime minister of Russia as a result of a secret deal with oligarch Boris Berezovsky, who was described by Paul Klebnikov as the "Godfather of the Kremlin".
According to the book, the FSB received a direct order from Russian President Vladimir Putin to kill Alexander Litvinenko, and it also had a hand in the 1999 apartment bombings, the Moscow theater hostage crisis and the murder of Anna Politkovskaya.
Reviews
Nicholas Blincoe noted that the book is really a memoir by the former Russian dissident Alex Goldfarb who is an employee of Boris Berezovsky. Blincoe points out the problem, that "if everyone, including Goldfarb, is in Berezovsky's pay, there are no disinterested accounts, only potential apologists for his world-view." Blincoe further asserts that the fact that Berezovsky was the mastermind behind Putin's rise to power is evidence that no KGB-sponsored coup d'état took place - contrary to what was claimed in the book.
References
- New Litvinenko Book Accuses FSB, by David Nowak, Moscow Times, June 4, 2007
- All roads lead back to Berezovsky
The book
- Goldfarb, Alex. Death of a Dissident: The Poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko and the Return of the KGB. New York: Free Press. ISBN 978-1416551652.
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External links
- Murdered Russian Spy's Widow, Friend Speak CBS News
- Eurasian Secret Services Daily Review
- Poisoned Russian Had Sought Entry to U.S., Book Says By Mary Jordan, Washington Post, June 10, 2007
- The Leonard Lopate Show: Inside Controversy, New York Public Radio, June 12, 2007
- Litvinenko was killed because of the personal struggle of Putin and Berezovsky RFE/RL
- Presentation of the book (Russian)
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