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| In Memoriam Aleksander Litvinenko (Jos de Putter, VPRO 2007) |
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It started as a possible case of food
poisoning but within weeks turned into a grim
spectacle of enormous political proportions:
Aleksander Litvinenko, former member of the
Russian secret service, died in his place of
residence London last November, after having
been poisoned with a radioactive substance.
The search for the possible perpetrators lead
to a political difficult situation that
reminded us of the dark days of the Cold War.
Three years ago Aleksander Litvinenko told
his life story to documentary maker Jos De
Putter. It is a wild tale full of
conspiracies, assassination attempts and
imputations. Litvinenko talks about his time
with the secret service, about his experience
in Chechnya, and in particular about the
series of bomb attacks on Russian territory
that led to the seizure of power by Vladimir
Putin. According to Litvinenko those attacks
were the work of the secret service.
After Litvinenko's funeral in December 2006,
Backlight spoke to Litvinenko's widow. Marina
Litvinenko is writing a book about her
husband. The book will be published in May
2007 and the film rights have already been
sold to Columbia Pictures. In this unique
interview, she speaks about how they first
met, how they fled to England and she speaks
about Aleksander´s death agony.
We also see Litvinenko's father Walter, with
Chechen leader and Litvinenko's closest
friend Akhmed Zakayev and the prominent
Russian exile Vladmir Bukovsky, also a friend
of Litvinenko.
The result is an impressive 55-minute
portrait of a former spy whose death brought
him worldwide fame.
Directors: Jos de Putter and Masja Novikova
VPRO Backlight 2007
For more info, please visit:
http://www.vpro.nl/programma/tegenlicht/aflev
eringen/34834898/
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Durée : 3323 s |
| Charlie Rose - The Death of Alexander Litvinenko / Sting... |
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Segment 1: A discussion about the death of
Alexander Litvinenko with Stephen Cohen of
NYU, Jack Matlock, former US Ambassador to
the Soviet Union, author Yuri Felshtinsky,
and author Edward Jay Epstein.
Segment 2: We conclude with singers Sting and
Sam Moore in conversation, and performance.
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Durée : 3404 s |
| "El caso Litvinenko" |
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Alexánder Litvinenko murió hace un año
envenenado con polonio 210. HabÃa sido
espÃa pero se habÃa "pasado" a la
disidencia asustado por las exigencias del
"corrupto" estado policial ruso, una
travesÃa que Andréi Nekrasov desnuda en "El
caso Litvinenko", que se estrena en España
el próximo viernes.
España es el segundo paÃs, después de
Polonia, que "se atreve" a estrenar en salas
comerciales el documental, un homenaje a
Litvinenko pero, sobre todo, un reflejo de la
situación extraordinaria que propició la
llegada de Vladimir Putin al poder, según ha
explicado hoy a Efe la viuda del ex espÃa,
Marina, tras participar en una rueda de
prensa junto al director de la cinta.
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Durée : 76 s |
| ALEXANDER LITVINENKO, POLITKOVSKAYA, |
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Alexander Litvinenko was poisoned on the
direct orders of the Kremlin because of his
biting mockery of President Putin, according
to a former Soviet spy now living in Britain.
Oleg Gordievsky, the most senior KGB officer
to defect to Britain, said that the attempt
to kill Mr Litvinenko had been
state-sponsored. It was carried out by a
Russian friend and former colleague who had
been recruited secretly in prison by the FSB,
the successor to the KGB. The Italian who
allegedly put poison in Mr Litvinenko's sushi
"had nothing to do with it".
"Of course it is state-sponsored. He was such
an obvious enemy. Only the KGB is able to do
this. The poison was very sophisticated. They
have done this before — they poisoned Anna
Politkovskaya (the campaigning journalist
murdered on October 7) on a plane last year.
Who else would know where she was sitting and
could poison her food? Probably also it was
the KGB that shot her."Mr Litvinenko, who
fled to Britain in 2001, was a target because
of the Kremlin fury at his sarcastic attacks
on President Putin, (READ MORE )
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6164284.stm
RUSSIANS AL QAEDA CONNECTION
http://www.axisglobe.com/article.asp?article=
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Durée : 68 s |
| London rejects BBC Litvinenko allegations |
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The British government has stated that no
intelligence or security officials are
authorised to comment on the Litvinenko case.
On Monday the BBC claimed British security
services had found a link between the death
of Aleksandr Litvinenko and the Russian
state. Moscow was infuriated with the
allegations and demanded explanations.
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