Death of a Russian Dissident | True Life Spy Stories

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On a grey November afternoon in 2006, within the refined confines of London's Millennium Hotel, a seemingly unremarkable ritual unfolded - three men gathered for tea in the Pine Bar.

The casual observer might have dismissed it as nothing more than a business meeting, or perhaps old friends catching up. But behind the clink of porcelain and polite conversation, something far more sinister was in motion. The men were indeed former colleagues, but the encounter was far from benign.

Within hours, one of these men - Alexander Litvinenko - would lie dying in a London hospital bed, a deadly poison coursing through his veins. He would spend his final days unravelling the mystery of his own murder, pointing a trembling finger at the Kremlin from his deathbed. His last words were a direct accusation of the man he believed had ordered his killing - Vladimir Putin.

Litvinenko's journey from KGB officer to FSB dissident, from loyal servant of the Russian state to one of its most vocal critics, unfolded as if it flowed like ink through the pen of John le Carré himself. His story is a chilling tale of espionage, betrayal, and radioactive revenge - a warning that in Putin’s Russia, there is no such thing as an exile too far.
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Further reading (affiliate links):

📕 Blowing up Russia: The Book that Got Litvinenko Assassinated, Alexander Litvinenko, Yuri Felshtinsky - https://amzn.to/4lz7M1Q
📕 A Very Expensive Poison: The Assassination of Alexander Litvinenko and Putin's War with the West, Luke Harding - https://amzn.to/4cwJIbK
📕 Putin's Russia: The definitive account of Putin’s rise to power, Anna Politkovskaya - https://amzn.to/3Eolkwp

Further watching:

🎥 Rebellion - The Litvinenko Case - https://shorturl.at/UvKKB
🎥 Litvinenko - The Mayfair Poisoning - https://shorturl.at/Kn3Qv

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