Books

Former Kremlin Reporter, Best-Selling Author Seeks Asylum in UK

Yelena Tregubova, a former Kremlin pool reporter and author of several books about Russian political elite, has applied for political asylum in Great Britain, the Ekho Moskvy radio reported on Tuesday quoting Tregubova’s own statement.

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April 25, 2007

Litvinenko’s Book Price Grows 30 Times

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Sale of the 2002 book co-written by the former Russian security agent Alexander Litvinenko who died of suspected radioactive poisoning are selling on the Internet at up to 30 times their original price, the AFP reports.

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December 4, 2006

British Police Probe Poisoning of Former Russian Security Agent, Alexander Litvinenko

British police are investigating the poisoning of a former Russian spy and outspoken critic of President Vladimir Putin and have placed him under protective guard at a London hospital, Washington Post reported citing a Scotland Yard spokesman.

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November 20, 2006

Solzhenitsyn’s Complete Works to be Published in Russia

Alexander Solzhenitsyn’s wife on Thursday presented the initial three volumes of the first full collection of his works to be published in Russia.

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November 17, 2006

Vandals Flamed Tomb of Doctor Zhivago Author

Unidentified vandals defiled a tomb of Russian literary giant Boris Pasternak in the Moscow suburb of Peredelkino.

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November 10, 2006