Alexander Litvinenko By: Harry Schreiber

Who is Alexander Litvinenko He was an agent in the Russian KGB from 1988 to 2006  KGB- Russian Secret Services or Komitet gosudarstvennoy bezopasnosti aka in English Committee for State Security There were many people that did not like him, this resulted in his poisoning He was poisoned in 2006 in result to this

Other Personal Facts Born: August 30,1962 Birth Place: Voronezh, Russia Allegiance: Soviet Union Service: KGB and FSR Nationality: Russian, British Religion: Used to be Russian Orthodox, but switched to Sunni Islam before death Died: November 23, 2006 Aged:44 Death Place: London, United Kingdom KGB Symbol

Birth and Family He was born in Voronezh. He was born August 30 th, 1962 His father was Walter Litvinenklo who said the day after his son died “All that took to kill my son was a little tiny bomb, a bomb so small you cant even see it.” He had a half-sister named Tatiana

Early Life Graduated from Nalchik Secondary School in 1980 He was drafted into the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs as a Private In 1881 he married Nataliya who was an accountant and had one son Alexander and a daughter Sonia After he graduated in 1985, Litvinenko became a platoon commander in the Soviet Ministry of Internal Affairs

Career He started his KGB Career 1988 In 1991, he was promoted to the Central Staff of the Federal Counterintelligence Service which was a security agency He was given the title “MUR Veteran” for working with the Moscow criminal investigation department In 1997, Litvinenko was promoted to the FSB Directorate of Analysis and Suppression of Criminal Groups and had the title of senior operational officer of the Seventh Section

Marriage Alexander Litvinenko married 2 people in his lifetime His first marriage was with a woman Nataliya, she was and accountant with one son and one daughter of her own and his name is Alexander and hers is Sofia. This Marriage would later end in divorce in is also the year he married Mariana who was a ballroom dancer and a fitness instructor with a son named Anatoly

Poisoning and Death of Litvinenko The poison was a rare radioactive poison called polonium-210 This poison was slipped into his cup of tea The poison was so strong that there is enough in a speck of it to kill someone His wife believes the president of Russia had something to do with it Officials believe that it was a man that was introduced to Litvinenko as Vladislav. He was pronounced dead on November just 22 days after finding out he would die

5 year anniversary of death On November 23, 2011 his widow spoke about him The 49 year old widow claimed that she knew that the government had something to do with the murder Mrs.Litvinenko was joined by her son, Anatoly, and Boris Berezovsky at the graveside ceremony Andrei Lugovoy and Dmitry Kovtun answered some questions at the private ceremony

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