A very expensive poison: the assassination of Alexander Litvinenko and Putin's war with the West
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A true story of murder and conspiracy that points directly to Vladimir Putin, by The Guardian’s former Moscow bureau chief and author of The Snowden Files and Collusion
On November 1, 2006, journalist and Russian dissident Alexander Litvinenko was poisoned in London. He died twenty-two days later. The cause of death? Polonium—a rare, lethal, and highly radioactive substance.
Here Luke Harding unspools a real-life political assassination story—complete with KGB, CIA, MI6, and Russian mobsters. He shows how Litvinenko’s murder foreshadowed the killings of other Kremlin critics, from Washington, DC, to Moscow, and how these are tied to Russia’s current misadventures in Ukraine and Syria. In doing so, he becomes a target himself and unearths a chain of corruption and death leading straight to Vladimir Putin. F
rom his investigations of the downing of flight MH17 to the Panama Papers, Harding sheds a terrifying light on Russia’s fracturing relationship with the West.
On November 1, 2006, journalist and Russian dissident Alexander Litvinenko was poisoned in London. He died twenty-two days later. The cause of death? Polonium—a rare, lethal, and highly radioactive substance.
Here Luke Harding unspools a real-life political assassination story—complete with KGB, CIA, MI6, and Russian mobsters. He shows how Litvinenko’s murder foreshadowed the killings of other Kremlin critics, from Washington, DC, to Moscow, and how these are tied to Russia’s current misadventures in Ukraine and Syria. In doing so, he becomes a target himself and unearths a chain of corruption and death leading straight to Vladimir Putin. F
rom his investigations of the downing of flight MH17 to the Panama Papers, Harding sheds a terrifying light on Russia’s fracturing relationship with the West.
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Dissenters
Dissenters -- Russia (Federation) -- Biography
FederalÊ£naiÍŁa sluzhba bezopasnosti Rossii
History
Investigation
Litvinenko, Alexander
Litvinenko, Alexander, -- 1962-2006 -- Assassination
Murder
Murder -- Investigation -- England -- London -- History -- 21st century
Nonfiction
Poisoning
Poisoning -- Political aspects -- Russia (Federation)
Political aspects
Political crimes and offenses
Political crimes and offenses -- Russia (Federation)
Politics
Spies
Spies -- Russia (Federation) -- Biography
True Crime
Dissenters
Dissenters -- Russia (Federation) -- Biography
FederalÊ£naiÍŁa sluzhba bezopasnosti Rossii
History
Investigation
Litvinenko, Alexander
Litvinenko, Alexander, -- 1962-2006 -- Assassination
Murder
Murder -- Investigation -- England -- London -- History -- 21st century
Nonfiction
Poisoning
Poisoning -- Political aspects -- Russia (Federation)
Political aspects
Political crimes and offenses
Political crimes and offenses -- Russia (Federation)
Politics
Spies
Spies -- Russia (Federation) -- Biography
True Crime
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Here Luke Harding unspools a real-life political assassination story—complete with KGB, CIA, MI6, and Russian mobsters. He shows how Litvinenko’s murder foreshadowed the killings of other Kremlin critics, from Washington, DC, to Moscow, and how these are tied to Russia’s current misadventures in Ukraine and Syria. In doing so, he becomes a target himself and unearths a chain of corruption and death leading straight to Vladimir Putin. F
rom his investigations of the downing of flight MH17 to the Panama Papers, Harding sheds a terrifying light on Russia’s fracturing relationship with the West.
On November 1, 2006, journalist and Russian dissident Alexander Litvinenko was poisoned in London. He died twenty-two days later. The cause of death? Polonium—a rare, lethal, and highly radioactive substance.
Here Luke Harding unspools a real-life political assassination story—complete with KGB, CIA, MI6, and Russian mobsters. He shows how Litvinenko’s murder foreshadowed the killings of other Kremlin critics, from Washington, DC, to Moscow, and how these are tied to Russia’s current misadventures in Ukraine and Syria. In doing so, he becomes a target himself and unearths a chain of corruption and death leading straight to Vladimir Putin. F
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