Alexander Litvinenko — whistleblower with roots in the Russian Empire
Alexander Litvinenko was an FSB officer who defected to the UK in 2000, exposing Kremlin corruption and assassination plots. He died in London in 2006 from polonium-210 poisoning, a murder a British inquiry attributed to Russian state actors.
"Fled Russia with family in 2000, granted asylum in the United Kingdom."
Migration storyTracing the roots — UK
Born in Voronezh and forged by Soviet institutions, Litvinenko rose through the KGB and FSB before conscience compelled him to break with the system that made him. His Russian identity became inseparable from his dissident mission.
UK. Today, the former Soviet space comprises fifteen sovereign independent states.
A career defined by ambition
"You may succeed in silencing one man, but the howl of protest from around the world will reverberate, Mr. Putin, in your ears for the rest of your life."