Death of a Dissident (70 page)

Boris Berezovksy, 2002, denouncing the Russian government and accusing the FSB of blowing up apartment buildings in Moscow in 1999. (
AP Images/Richard Lewis
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The 2nd Scientific Research Institute (NII-2) of the FSB in Moscow, reputed to be a storehouse for polonium. (
Courtesy of the author
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The Litvinenkos’ home in north London. (
Andrew Stuart/EMPICS/Landov
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Sergei Yushenkov, member of the Duma who helped investigate the 1999 apartment bombings. He was killed by an unknown gunman in front of his home in Moscow, April 17, 2003. (
Associated Press
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Anna Politkovskaya, crusading Moscow journalist. (
SAEZ PASCAL/SIPA
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Mikhail Trepashkin, a former colleague of Sasha’s, who denounced the FSB and was subsequently imprisoned. (
Sergei Karpukhin/REUTERS/Landov
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Sasha Litvinenko on his deathbed. (
Natasja Weitsz/Getty Images
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Dmitri Kovtun and Andrei Lugovoy. (
Mikhail Antonov/REUTERS TV/Landov
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Mario Scaramella. (
CIRO FUSCO/epa/Corbis
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German police taking radiation samples from Dmitri Kovtun’s car, 2006. (
Sebastian Widmann/dpa/Corbis
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Alex Goldfarb with toxicologist John Henry. (
AP Images/John Stillwell
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Marina Litvinenko at Sasha’s funeral. (
Dylan Martinez/REUTERS/Landov
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