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Alexander Valterovich Litvinenko (; 30 August 1962〔 ((Archived ) at WebCite)〕〔((Archived ) at WebCite)〕 (December 1962 by father's account )〔(Вальтер Литвиненко: «Сегодня моему сыну исполнилось бы 44» ), Вальтер Александрович Литвиненко, 4 декабря 2006 г., ChechenPress〕 – 23 November 2006) was a fugitive officer of the Russian FSB secret service, who specialised in tackling organised crime.〔〔(Litvinenko death: Russian spy 'was working for MI6' ) – BBC News, 13 December 2012〕 In November 1998, Litvinenko and several other FSB officers publicly accused their superiors of ordering the assassination of the Russian tycoon and oligarch Boris Berezovsky. How could they make accusations in 1998 regarding a death (Berezovskys) that happened in 2013??!! Litvinenko was arrested the following March on charges of exceeding the authority of his position. He was acquitted in November 1999 but re-arrested before the charges were again dismissed in 2000. He fled with his family to London and was granted asylum in the United Kingdom, where he worked as a journalist, writer and consultant for the British intelligence services. During his time in London, Litvinenko wrote two books, ''Blowing Up Russia: Terror from Within'' and ''Lubyanka Criminal Group'', wherein he accused the Russian secret services of staging the Russian apartment bombings and other terrorism acts in an effort to bring Vladimir Putin to power. He also accused Putin of ordering the murder in October 2006 of the Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya. On 1 November 2006, Litvinenko suddenly fell ill and was hospitalised in what was established as a case of poisoning by radioactive polonium-210 which resulted in his death on 23 November. He became the first known victim of lethal Polonium 210-induced acute radiation syndrome.〔Guinness World Records: (First murder by radiation ): ''On 23 November 2006, Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Litvinenko, a retired member of the Russian security services (FSB), died from radiation poisoning in London, UK, becoming the first known victim of lethal Polonium 210-induced acute radiation syndrome.''〕 The events leading up to this are a matter of controversy, spawning numerous theories relating to his poisoning and death. A British murder investigation pointed to Andrey Lugovoy, a member of Russia's Federal Protective Service, as the prime suspect. Britain demanded that Lugovoy be extradited, which is against the Constitution of Russia, which directly prohibits〔(Chapter 2. Rights and Freedoms of Man And Citizen | The Constitution of the Russian Federation ). Constitution.ru. Retrieved on 12 August 2013.〕 extradition of Russian citizens without handing Russia any evidence related to the case. Russia denied the extradition, leading to the cooling of relations between Russia and the United Kingdom. After Litvinenko's death, his widow, Marina, pursued a vigorous campaign on behalf of her husband through the Litvinenko Justice Foundation. In October 2011, she won the right for an inquest into her husband's death to be conducted by a coroner in London; the inquest was repeatedly set back by issues relating to examinable evidence.〔 A public enquiry began on 27 January 2015. ==Early life and career== Alexander Litvinenko was born in the Russian city of Voronezh in 1962.〔((Archived ) at WebCite)〕 After he graduated from a Nalchik secondary school in 1980 he was drafted into the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs as a Private. After a year of service, he matriculated in the Kirov Higher Command School in Vladikavkaz. In 1981, Litvinenko married Nataliya, an accountant, with whom he had a son, Alexander, and a daughter, Sonia. This marriage ended in divorce in 1994 and in the same year Litvinenko married Marina, a ballroom dancer and fitness instructor, with whom he had a son, Anatoly.〔Oxford Dictionary of National Biography〕 After graduation in 1985, Litvinenko became a platoon commander in the Dzerzhinsky Division of the Soviet Ministry of Internal Affairs. He was assigned to the 4th Company, where among his duties was the protection of valuable cargo while in transit.〔〔〔((Archived ) at WebCite)〕 In 1986 he became an informant when he was recruited by the MVD's KGB counterintelligence section and in 1988 he was officially transferred to the Third Chief Directorate of the KGB, Military Counter Intelligence.〔 Later that year, after studying for a year at the Novosibirsk Military Counter Intelligence School, he became an operational officer and served in KGB military counterintelligence until 1991.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Alexander Litvinenko」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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