Alexander Litvinenko
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Alexander Valterovich Litvinenko was a British-naturalised Russian defector and former officer of the Russian Federal Security Service who specialised in tackling organised crime. A prominent critic o
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Litvinenko's grave at Highgate Cemetery in 2007
Litvinenko's grave in 2017
The report stated that the FSB operation to kill Litvinenko was probably approved by Nikolai Patrushev (left) and Vladimir Putin
Anna Politkovskaya
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Anna Stepanovna Politkovskaya was a Russian investigative journalist who reported on political and social events in Russia, in particular, the Second Chechen War. She was found murdered in the elevato
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…other acts of terrorism in an effort to bring Vladimir Putin to power. He also accused Putin of ordering the assassination of the Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya in 2006. On 1 November 2006, Litvinenko suddenly fell ill and was hospitalised after poisoning with polonium-210; he died from the poisoning on 23…
Politkovskaya in 2005
Near her apartment, Moscow, 2006
Grave of Anna Politkovskaya at the Troyekurovskoye Cemetery in Moscow
Some observers alleged that Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov or his men were behind the assassination of Politkovskaya.