Death of a Dissident: The Poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko and the Return of the KGB

A fascinating story of the life of the world's first known victim of polonium poisoning. Looking into this book, and you will see Putin's soul and more.

Finally!! I'm through! This book has been following me around for quite some time now and, to be honest, I've had enough now.

It is a good book. BUT (there's always a but, somewhere in a story...) for me it was a bit disappointing. The story wasn't a story about 'Litvinenko', but is was even more one about Russian politics in the last decade. With all the intrigues, the hatred, the games. And, to tell you the thruth, that's not something I'm very fond of.

For me the first and the last part were the best. These were the 'adventures' and death of Litvinenko. The middle part, about conspiracies, political friendships and no-more friendships, was not really my cup of tea. Sorry...

I found this audiobook a little hard to follow, especially keeping the Russian names straight, and thought it wandered off topic more than I liked. Plus the final police investigation files haven't been released yet, so there's still some speculation as to who / how the agent was poisoned.

Russian intelligence officer Litvinenko investigates the war in Chechnya and uncovers financial corruption in Aeroflot which was surely directed by Putin. Litvinenko dies after being poisoned by polonium. George Soros is said to have given money to Russian scientists and introduces Putin representatives at Davos. Litvinenko has since then not been the only person targeted for assassination on British soil.

Un peu confus mais éclairant... Oui, il existe un nouveau type de pays à problèmes... les démocraties de façade, les démocraties Potemkine...

O assassínio do antigo membro dos serviços de informação Alexander "Sasha" Litvinenko em Novembro de 2006 - envenenado com polónio, um raro elemento radioactivo - causou sensação a nível internacional. Ao fim de escassas semanas, um homem saudável de 43 anos transformou-se num moribundo esquelético deitado num hospital, vítima de uma "pequena bomba nuclear". As suspeitas pairaram sobre o FSB russo, o sucessor do KGB, e o regime de Putin. Mas o que aconteceu, na verdade? O que sabia Litvinenko? E por que motivo foi morto? O seu amigo mais próximo, Alex Goldfarb, e a sua viúva, Marina, são as únicas pessoas que podem contar toda a história na primeira pessoa, com cenas dramáticas de Moscovo a Londres, passando por Washington.