Alexander Goldfarb

Litvinenko’s Widow to Write Book About Russian Spy’s Death

According to New York Times, Alexander Goldfarb with Marina Litvinenko will tell the story of Mr. Litvinenko and his career as a spy in the style of a political thriller.

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January 9, 2007

Hollywood Plans Film Based on Litvinenko’s Book

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A book co-written by Alexander Litvinenko, the murdered former spy, which alleges that the Russian government was secretly behind bombings that killed 300 people, may be made into a film, The Sunday Times reports.

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December 25, 2006

Poisoned Spy’s Widow Thanks Police

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Alexander Litvinenko’s wife has thanked British police for their efforts in probing Russian links to his death, a spokesman said as detectives returned from Moscow, AFP news agency reports.

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December 21, 2006

50 Mourners Attend Litvinenko Funeral in London

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The funeral of the poisoned Russian former spy Alexander Litvinenko was being held at Highgate Cemetery in north London today.

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December 7, 2006

Russian Investigators Start Questioning in Litvinenko’s Case

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Russian investigators said they have begun questioning in the radiation poisoning death of former Russian agent Alexander Litvinenko, a case that has left radiation traces from a London soccer stadium to the British Embassy in Moscow, the Associated Press news agency reports.

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Pathologists to Perform Autopsy on Poisoned Russian Spy

Pathologists Friday prepared to perform an autopsy on former Russian spy turned Kremlin critic Alexander Litvinenko, who died from radiation poisoning, the Associated Press reports.

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December 1, 2006

Former Russian Spy Alexander Litvinenko Died

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Former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko claiming to have been poisoned died, doctors said, three weeks after being mysteriously poisoned in what critics alleged was a Soviet-style sting by Moscow’s secret services, a charge denied by the Kremlin, the AFP news agency reported Friday.

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November 24, 2006

Poisoned Russian Spy Suffered Heart Failure

Poisoned Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko suffered heart failure overnight and is now on a ventilator, Alexander Goldfarb, a friend of the former KGB spy said Thursday morning.

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November 23, 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