Former officer of the Federal Security Service (FSB) Alexander Litvinenko
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Litvinenko’s Co-Author Fears to Attend Presentation
Yury Felshtinsky, who is the co-author of Alexander Litvinenko in “Blowing Up Russia: Terror from Within”, has refused to go to London to attend presentation of the English-language edition of the book, France Press announced. Today’s resident of the United States, Felshtinsky was to arrive to the Britain’s capital Friday, The Financial Times reported, but he followed the FSB’s advice and stayed at home instead.
Felshtinsky will be in danger in London, the U.S. security experts are sure. So the presentation and meeting with reporters have been put off for indefinite time, said the book’s publisher.
”Blowing Up Russia: Terror from Within” describes explosions of dwelling houses in Moscow and Volgodonsk happened in the fall of 1999, explaining who and for what purpose could have ordered those actions of terror.
Former FSB officer Alexander Litvinenko was fatally poisoned by polonium-210 in London past November. In the deathbed statement, Litvinenko blamed his death on the secret services of Russia and personally on President Vladimir Putin.
Scotland Yard is said to have nearly completed investigation of Litvinenko's case and identified the killer. But no charges have been presented so far.
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