Death of a Dissident (66 page)

Liberal Russia, 240, 249-51, 274, 278-79, 306, 315

Lichtenstein, 290

Lisovsky, Sergei, 79-80

Listyev, Vlad, 35, 37, 61, 73

Lithuania, 250

Litvinenko, Alexander (Sasha), 55

alternative theories in poisoning of, 342-43

army and, 22

arrest and imprisonment of, 4, 23, 160-61, 165-71, 185, 186, 194

as athlete, 22

attempted defection to U.S. of, 3-14

at U.S. embassy in Ankara, 8-9

Berezovsky arrest attempt and, 35-36, 61

Berezovsky attempted assassination and, 29-31, 35

Berezovsky URPO (FSB) assassination plot and, 3-4, 124-26, 129-34, 145-47

charges filed against, 168

Chechen conflict and, 59, 71, 88-91, 92-95, 287, 295, 313

Chernomyrdin wiretapping investigation and, 71-72

childhood and youth of, 21

deathbed conversion to Islam of, 332-33

death of, 329, 348

Dzhabrailov kidnapping plot and, 123-24, 132, 134, 146

election of 1996 and, 71-73, 78-79, 81

escape from Russia of, 3-17, 203, 214-15, 218-25, 233

Felshtinsky and, 212-13, 217-18, 221, 222-23, 224, 242, 246, 260-64, 269-70, 277, 297, 316

final statement of, 328, 330

first marriage of, 23, 25-26

as FSB agent, 3, 28-29, 35-37, 39-41, 59, 71-72, 88-91, 92-95

as FSB target, 19, 130-34, 270, 297, 311

funeral of, 332-33

Gochiyayev and, 260-62, 263-64, 265, 270, 277

Goldfarb and, 3-19, 55, 224-25, 243, 247-48, 264-66, 317-33, 335-48

Gongadze murder investigation and, 316

Grigoryants and, 24

as KGB agent, 21, 22-24

Khokholkov and, 96, 119-21, 124, 125, 127, 132, 133, 214

Korzhakov and, 36-37, 39-40

Lebed secret file raid and, 86, 95-97, 120

in London, 17-18, 242-48, 272, 273-74, 294, 29698, 300-303, 313

Lugovoy and, 238, 319-20, 340-42, 343, 344

Luzhkov and, 36

Marinas marriage to, 28

Moscow bombings investigation and, 217-18, 225, 242, 246-48, 257, 260-67, 269-70, 272, 273-74, 277, 281, 300, 348

Moscow theater siege investigation and, 273-74, 291-92, 300, 348

Orange Revolution and, 316

personality of, 27-28, 328

poisoning of, 317-29, 335-48

political asylum granted to, 243-45

Politkovskaya murder and, 317

polonium trail in poisoning of, 335-42

press conference of, 3-4, 147, 160-61, 166, 212

prosecution of, 166, 168-69, 184-86, 192-93, 213, 245-46

pseudonym used by, 244-45, 260, 305

Putin and, 136-37, 160-61, 165, 171, 180, 182, 194, 202, 233, 244, 247-48, 295, 297, 317, 330, 335, 342

rearrest of, 193-94

Russian investigation of poisoning of, 343-45

Rybkin disappearance and, 308

Scaramella and, 318, 339, 340-41, 342

security consulting work of, 297, 319-20, 342-43

Switzerland trip of, 37-38

Trepashkin and, 122, 132, 134, 146, 147, 285, 297

Trofimov and, 35-36, 37, 69, 73-74, 120, 137, 138, 147, 342

2002 Berezovsky assassination plot and, 301-3

in Turkey, 3-17, 223, 224-25, 229-31

in URPO “special tasks” unit, 118-27

as URPO whistle-blower, 3-4, 129-34, 137, 145-47

Yushenkov murder and, 278-79

Zakayev and, 92-94, 287, 298, 305, 311, 317, 322-24, 325, 326, 328-29, 331-33, 339, 344

Litvinenko, Marina, 37-38, 74, 233

Chechen conflict and, 88, 89, 287

as dancer, 25

Felshtinsky and, 222-23, 224

Litvinenko murder investigation and, 338, 339, 341

Litvinenko’s burial and, 333

Litvinenko’s courtship of, 26-27

Litvinenko’s death and, 329

Litvinenko’s first meeting with, 24-25

Litvinenko’s marriage to, 28

Litvinenko’s poisoning and, 322-25, 326, 327, 328, 331, 339-40

as Litvinenko’s polestar, 21

Litvinenko’s prosecution and, 166-67, 167-69, 184-86, 192, 193, 213

Litvinenko’s whistle-blowing and, 129-32, 147

in London, 17-18, 242-44, 245, 294, 296-98, 313, 319, 339

pregnancy of, 27

Russian departure of, 219-25

in Turkey, 6-7, 9, 10, 11-12, 14, 15, 16, 224-25

Litvinenko, Natalia (Natasha), 25, 26, 167

Litvinenko, Tolik, 28, 38, 168, 221, 222, 223

Litvinenko’s poisoning and, 322, 323, 325, 329, 331, 339-40

in London, 17-18, 242-44, 296, 298, 339

in Turkey, 6, 9, 10, 11-12, 14, 15, 16, 224-25

Litvinenko, Valter, 329, 331

LogoVAZ, 36, 37, 117

Club reception house of, 30, 35, 52, 55, 56, 79-81, 115, 146, 204

LogoVAZ Fellowships for Young Scientists, 50

London, England:

Gusinsky’s stay in, 61

International School in, 242

Itsu sushi restaurant in, 318, 339, 340-41

Litvinenko family’s arrival in, 17-18, 229

Litvinenko’s burial in, 333

Millennium Hotel in, 320, 339

as Russian dissidents’ center, 287, 300-303, 307, 315, 317, 343

Los Angeles Times
, 196

Lubyanka (FSB headquarters), 4, 35, 121, 130, 133, 163-65, 171, 183, 197, 202, 243

Lugar, Richard, 290

Lugovoy, Andrei, 237

Litvinenko murder and, 238, 319-20, 340-42, 343, 344

Luzhkov, Yuri, 36, 60

election of 1996 and, 64, 77

election of 1999 and, 192, 234

election of 2000 and, 177, 195

McCain, John, 283

Magna Carta, 204

Makashev, Albert, 144-45, 147

Makeyev, Evgeny, 246

Makhachkala, Dagestan, 177

Malashenko, Igor, 67-68, 79-80, 81, 117

Putin and, 171-73, 198, 241

Russian opposition movement and, 284

Mandelstam, Osip, 205

Mark (U.S. official in Ankara), 8-9, 13-14

Marx, Karl, 333

Maskhadov, Aslan:

anti-kidnapping initiatives of, 109, 151, 152, 153

assassination attempts on, 134, 159

Beslan massacre condemned by, 310

Chechen oil pipeline reopening and, 113-14

Chechen peace negotiations and, 102, 103-4, 106, 108, 138, 289, 290, 306-7, 311, 312

Dagestan Islamic insurgency and, 144, 177, 187-88

death of, 312-13

Grozny seized by, 85

militias ordered disbanded by, 134

Moscow theater siege and, 291-92

presidential election of, 105-6

Russian-led Chechen referendum and, 273

second Chechen war and, 186-88, 189, 216, 260, 275, 288-89, 291

mass media, 31-37, 46, 49, 50, 51, 54, 57, 99, 113, 116, 141, 241

Chechen conflict and, 61, 88, 90, 101, 103, 117, 159, 189-90, 198, 236-37, 297, 305

election of 1996 and, 60-62, 64, 68, 77, 79, 80-81

election of 1999 and, 191, 234

election of 2000 and, 172-73

Kursk
disaster and, 209-12, 234

Litvinenko confession and, 131, 132, 133-34, 137, 147

Rokhlin murder and, 137

Russian government crackdown on, 154, 173, 205, 208, 210, 212-13, 233-36, 237, 238, 249, 270, 283, 315, 344

Soviet Union’s collapse and, 86

Media International, 79

Media-MOST, 205, 212

Memorial (human rights group), 271

Menagarishvili, Iraklii, 269

Menzies, George, 243-45, 265, 302, 329, 335

Mercedes, 56

MI5, 266-67, 303

MI6, 243

Midnight Diaries
(Yeltsin), 75, 99, 155, 157, 171

Millennium Hotel, 320, 339

Milosevic, Slobodan, 140, 203

Mohammed, Khalid Sheikh, 152

Morozova, Aliona, 255-57, 258, 259-60, 266, 268, 277, 282, 283

Morozova, Tanya, 254-57, 266, 268, 277, 282, 283

Moscovskiye Novosty
, 282-83

Moscovsky Komsomolets
, 189

Moscow, Russia:

apartment bombings in, 189-91, 198-99, 215-17, 225, 240, 242, 246-52, 254-74, 276-77, 279-81, 284, 287, 300, 306, 348

Butyrka prison in, 194, 207

Jewish community in, 59

opposition demonstrations in, 347

organized crime in, 26, 30-31, 35-37, 39-41, 119, 282, 297

police in, 31, 35, 36, 41, 61, 119

Radisson hotel in, 123-24

Scientific Hematological Center in, 237-38

theater siege in, 270-71, 273-76, 284, 287, 290, 291-92, 300, 348

White House in, 70, 74, 102, 181, 195

Moscow Cardiological Center, 100

Most-Bank raid (1994), 60-61, 65

Musa (Dudayeva bodyguard), 92, 93

Muslims, Islam, 86, 87, 90, 92, 93, 101, 106, 134, 144, 151-54, 177, 186-88, 190, 215, 253-54, 272, 293, 312, 313, 332

Nalchik, Russia, 21, 22

National Security Council (NSC), Russian, 127, 147, 177

Berezovsky appointed to, 99

Berezovsky fired from, 123

Lebed named head of, 78

Lebed’s “Russian Legion” plan for, 96, 98, 99

Putin named head of, 159

Russian-Chechen oil pipeline reopening deal and, 112-14

Rybkin as head of, 99, 100, 101, 103, 106, 107, 109, 112, 113

National Security Council (NSC), U.S., 4, 130, 273

natural gas, 109-12

Nekrasov, Andrei, 283-84, 286, 329

Nemtsov, Boris, 111, 115, 123, 164, 177, 194, 294-95

New York Review of Books
, 215-16

New York Times:

Berezovsky assassination attempt reported by, 30

Lugovoy and Kovtun interview in, 344

Moscow bombings reportage by, 249

Zyuganov reportage by, 63-64

Nikita (Berezovsky associate), 300