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Related: About this forumRussia Poisoned Litvinenko because he knew too many secrets
Alexander Litvinenko was a former officer of the Russian Federal Security Service, FSB and KGB, who fled from court prosecution in Russia and received political asylum in the United Kingdom. According to his wife and father, he was working for MI6 and MI5 after receiving the asylum.
Upon his arrival to London, he continued to support the Russian oligarch in exile, Boris Berezovsky, in his media campaign against the Russian government.
In the UK, Litvinenko became a journalist for a Chechen separatist site, Chechenpress. Litvinenko wrote two books, Blowing up Russia: Terror from within and Lubyanka Criminal Group, where he accused the Russian secret services of staging Russian apartment bombings and other terrorism acts to bring Vladimir Putin to power.
On 1 November 2006, Litvinenko suddenly fell ill and was hospitalized. He died three weeks later, becoming the first confirmed victim of lethal polonium-210-induced acute radiation syndrome. According to doctors, "Litvinenko's murder represents an ominous landmark: the beginning of an era of nuclear terrorism".
Litvinenko's allegations about the misdeeds of the FSB and his public deathbed accusations that Russian president Vladimir Putin were behind his unusual malady resulted in worldwide media coverage.
Upon his arrival to London, he continued to support the Russian oligarch in exile, Boris Berezovsky, in his media campaign against the Russian government.
In the UK, Litvinenko became a journalist for a Chechen separatist site, Chechenpress. Litvinenko wrote two books, Blowing up Russia: Terror from within and Lubyanka Criminal Group, where he accused the Russian secret services of staging Russian apartment bombings and other terrorism acts to bring Vladimir Putin to power.
On 1 November 2006, Litvinenko suddenly fell ill and was hospitalized. He died three weeks later, becoming the first confirmed victim of lethal polonium-210-induced acute radiation syndrome. According to doctors, "Litvinenko's murder represents an ominous landmark: the beginning of an era of nuclear terrorism".
Litvinenko's allegations about the misdeeds of the FSB and his public deathbed accusations that Russian president Vladimir Putin were behind his unusual malady resulted in worldwide media coverage.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poisoning_of_Alexander_Litvinenko
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Russia Poisoned Litvinenko because he knew too many secrets (Original Post)
Miranda4peace
Oct 2013
OP
Flash crashes all the time for me. I just reload the page and it usually works.
pam4water
Oct 2013
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JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)1. The video does not work on my computer. It crashed my Adobe Flashplayer.
Sand Wind
(1,573 posts)2. Work fine for me.
pam4water
(2,916 posts)5. Flash crashes all the time for me. I just reload the page and it usually works.
Some pages I have to view in chrome, though. I'm not a fan of chrome.
Sand Wind
(1,573 posts)3. Great video from the BBC ! The friends of RT here will shoot at it. Oh wait, the incubator ! Nt
Quantess
(27,630 posts)4. I will watch this when I have more time.
pam4water
(2,916 posts)6. Great video. Pretty informative. K&R