Death of a Dissident

Informationen zum Autor Alex Goldfarb, Ph.D., was a dissident scientist who left Russia in the 1970s, joining the faculty of Columbia University. After the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, he went to work for George Soros directing charitable initiatives in Russia. He befriended Alexander Litvinenko in the 1990s. Goldfarb later helped Litvinenko work on his memoirs and supported his efforts to expose the abuses of the newly ascendant FSB. Goldfarb is currently the executive director of the International Foundation for Civil Liberties, set up by Boris Berezovsky as an umbrella group for human-rights activists. Marina Litvinenko first met Alexander at her thirty-first birthday party, in 1993, when he was a young officer in the FSB. They married and she gave birth to a son thereafter. In 2000, the three of them sought asylum in the United Kingdom, and she continues to live in London with her twelve-year-old son. Klappentext Subtitled, "The Poisoning Of Alexander Litvinenko & The Return Of The KGB". The true story of Litvinenko's life and death, and the politics of modern Russia, by the dissident's close friend and widow. Fully updated edition with new material. Zusammenfassung The astonishing true story of the defection, dissidence and assassination of Alexander Litvinenko -- by the friend who knew him best, and the widow he left behind.

Product details

• Authors: Alex Goldfarb, Goldfarb Alex, Marina Litvinenko, Litvinenko Marina
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 15.09.2008
• EAN: 9781847391070
• ISBN: 978-1-84739-107-0
• No. of pages: 416
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 200 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Contemporary history (1945 to 1989); Non-fiction book; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom, Russia, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Terrorism, Terrorism, armed struggle, Political oppression & persecution, Political oppression and persecution, Political Assassinations, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Russian & Soviet