Alexander Litvinenko, a former Russian security
officer who has died in a London hospital after apparently being
poisoned, was a fierce critic of Russia's government.
Born in the Russian city of Voronezh, Mr Litvinenko first became a
security agent in the FSB's predecessor, the Soviet-era KGB, after
transferring from the military. He rose to the rank of
lieutenant-colonel.
He is reported to have fallen out with Russian President Vladimir Putin,
then head of the FSB, in the late 1990s, after failing to crack down on
corruption within the organisation.
The nature of his job, as a specialist in fighting organised crime, meant he would certainly have made enemies.
Murder investigation
Intelligence analyst Glenmore Trenear Harvey said of his friend: "He
headed up one of the internal investigations branches that was looking
into the corruption and coercion that was going on within the Russian
intelligence service so he made a lot of enemies way back then."
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