Anna Politkovskaya & Alexander Litvinenko

Alexander Valterovich Litvinenko (1962 – 2006) was a fugitive officer of the Russian FSB secret service who specialised in tackling organised crime. 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. Litvinenko was arrested twice before fleeing to the United Kingdom where he was granted asylum.

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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, resulting in his death on 23 November. A British murder investigation pointed to Andrey Lugovoy, a member of Russia’s Federal Protective Service, as the prime suspect. The United Kingdom requested the extradition of Lugovoy, but the request was refused.

Extracted from Wikipedia.

6 thoughts on “Anna Politkovskaya & Alexander Litvinenko

  1. K V Ramani says:

    Hell, coffee is for wimps, Colin. Such a profound discourse, with the weight of the world resting on our shoulders, deserves a case of beer, if not some sterner stuff. Cheers 🙂

  2. K V Ramani says:

    People who live in glass houses should not throw stones…

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    Barry Jennings, Deputy Director of the Emergency Services Department for the New York City Housing Authority (died 19 August 2008). A key 9/11 witness whose testimony contradicted the 9/11 report. On several occasions, Jennings stated that an explosion trapped them in WTC Building 7 (before the collapses of WTC 1 & 2) and explosions throughout the building until they were saved. He was reported dead without further explanation, aged 53. No death certificate has ever been found, the cause of death is unknown, and his entire family went missing without explanation at the same time. His Wikipedia page was deleted as non-notable. (Wikispooks)

    Michael Mahon Hastings (January 28, 1980 – June 18, 2013), American journalist, author, contributing editor to Rolling Stone and reporter for BuzzFeed. Hastings became a vocal critic of the surveillance state during the investigation of reporters by the U.S. Department of Justice in 2013, referring to the restrictions on the freedom of the press by the Obama administration as a “war” on journalism. On June 18, 2013, Michael Hastings died in a single-vehicle automobile crash in his Mercedes C250 Coupé in Los Angeles. A witness to the crash said the car seemed to be traveling at maximum speed and was creating sparks and flames before it fishtailed and crashed into a palm tree. Earlier the previous day, Hastings indicated that he believed he was being investigated by the FBI. USA Today reported that in the days before his death, Hastings believed his car was being “tampered with” and that he was scared and wanted to leave town. Former U.S. National Coordinator for Security, Infrastructure Protection, and Counter-terrorism Richard Clarke said that what is known about the crash is “consistent with a car cyber attack”. (Wikipedia)

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    • ColinTwiggs says:

      So its OK to kill people or have them killed because “everyone’s doing it”….?

      And if they’re not. Well just make stuff up.
      US journalist killed because he supports a free press. 9/11 was a CIA conspiracy. JPM is killing it employees “in mysterious circumstances” to collect the life insurance…

      • K V Ramani says:

        Tut, tut…if I point out Churchill was not an angel, you line up Stalin, Hitler and Pol Pot. If I line up these other people who died under anything but normal circumstances, you cry foul. Make up your mind!

      • ColinTwiggs says:

        KV, I can see that you enjoy a good argument/debate as much as I do. If we met for a coffee one day, we could solve the world’s problems.

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