Putin's Labyrinth

“all matters linked to Litvinenko” Mikhail Trepashkin quotes and detail by Mark Franchetti, The Times (London), December 9, 2007.

“Every time I publish something on” Quote and detail from Julia Svetlichnaja, The Observer, December 3, 2006.

“He was probably thinking” Author interview with Felshtinsky.

“I can really do well” Quote and detail from author interview with Marina Litvinenko.

“We ourselves could have” Ibid.

One of his notable Author interview with a source familiar with the firm who asked not to be identified.

“Sasha, if I deposited my” Author interview with Felshtinsky.

“demanded considerable attention” Author interview with Berezovsky.

“something that could wait” Author interview with Felshtinsky.

On January 23, 2006, Berezovsky Description of birthday party from author interview with Felshtinsky; detail on Lugovoi’s relationship with Litvinenko from author interview with Marina Litvinenko.

Litvinenko was an FSB officer In a series of long interviews with Mark Franchetti of The Sunday Times (London), Lugovoi claimed that Litvinenko had called him prior to Berezovsky’s sixtieth birthday seeking a business relationship. Franchetti’s story on the interviews was published in the paper on November 25, 2007.

Lugovoi provided a background report Author interview with a source familiar with the attitude at Titon; the source wished not to be identified.

“those slandering the” Law quoted in “Russia law on killing ‘extremists’ abroad,” BBC online, November 27, 2006.

“traitor” Litvinenko’s former supervisor at the FSB, Alexander Gusak, quoted in “Litvinenko ‘a traitor’—ex-boss,” BBC online, February 7, 2007.

“I was there with him a” Vladimir Bukovsky, speaking in documentary by Jos de Putter, VPRO, 2007.

“He believed that he would” Marina Litvinenko quoted by Kommersant, December 21, 2006.

“I’m British,” he said elatedly Author interview with Felshtinsky; Andrei Nekrasov speaking in VPRO documentary of 2007.

When his father, Valter Valter Litvinenko, quoted in Poison Plot: The Killing of a Spy, CNN, December 4, 2006.

“expecting an attack, an assassination” Yevgeni Limarev, interview with Red TV (Moscow), December 23, 2006.

“Are you in town to see” Author interview with Felshtinsky.

“transfer 100,000 pounds” Quote and detail from Spiegel Online, December 11, 2006.

“I’m about to get information” Akhmed Zakayev, speaking in VPRO documentary of 2007.

Litvinenko had served as a source Maxim Litvinenko, Alexander Litvinenko’s brother, quoted by Reuters, January 5, 2007.

Scaramella handed over The e-mail was provided to Scaramella by Yevgeny Limarev, a Russian emigre who lives in France.

who just the night before Author interview with Berezovsky.

The two had agreed that Litvinenko’s cut is according to Andrei Lugovoi, quoted by Mark Franchetti in The Sunday Times.

Chapter 10: Polonium

“This is the No. 1 security issue” Peter Castenfelt quoted in USA Today, July 28, 2006. The ads appeared in the newspapers on the previous day.

He turned into the Pine Bar Detail on Norberto Andrade and the serving of Litvinenko’s tea from Evening Standard, November 6, 2007. Detail on the drinks and cigar smoking from Spiegel Online, December 11, 2006. Detail on Lugovoi’s family’s plans from The Washington Post, December 13, 2006.

He went to bed Detail on Litvinenko’s condition from Marina Litvinenko interview with Natalia Gevorkian, Kommersant, December 21, 2006. In terms of the poisoning itself, the interview was, in my opinion, the most complete of dozens in which Marina participated. In its main points, it coincided with the other interviews she gave. Since the thrust of her comments was virtually identical in all her interviews, I relied on those published accounts and skipped over the subject of the poisoning entirely when we twice met, so as to avoid repetition. This allowed me to cover topics that other interviewers had not.

“Look,” he told the reporter Alexander Litvinenko interviewed by BBC Russian Service, November 11, 2006.

“It was so strange” Marina Litvinenko interview with Kommersant.

“Ex-spy’s poisoning bears hallmarks” The Daily Telegraph, November 21, 2006.

“Different name, same tactics” Guardian, November 21, 2006.

“Exact Cause of Ex-K.G.B. Agent’s” The New York Times, November 22, 2006.

“looked just like a ghost” Andrei Nekrasov, quoted in VPRO documentary of 2007.

“like a seventy-year-old” Goldfarb and Litvinenko, Death of a Dissident, 329.

“Oh, Marinochka, I love you” Marina Litvinenko interview with Kommersant.

“Father, I’ve converted. I’m a Muslim” Valter Litvinenko quoted in VPRO documentary of 2007.

“Come quickly” Marina Litvinenko interview with Kommersant.

“You have shown yourself to” Alexander Goldfarb reading Alexander Litvinenko’s statement, November 23, 2006.

“You have to understand that” Marina Litvinenko interview with Kommersant.

“Marina, this is Andrei Lugovoi” Ibid.

“He joined the FSB from” Author interview with Josef Linder, April 18, 2007.

“Negative. The most negative.” Author interview with Mikhail Golovatov, April 17, 2007.

“offer no indication that this” Vladimir Putin, official transcript of news conference following a Russia–European Union summit meeting, November 24, 2006.

Novelist Martin Cruz Smith Cruz Smith quoted in The Wall Street Journal Europe, December 29, 2006.

“Let’s get one thing” Author interview with Boris Volodarsky, February 28, 2007.

“a typical KGB operation” Author interview with Oleg Gordievsky.

“It’s quite possible each guy” Author interview with Professor Nick Priest. I interviewed Priest numerous times in person and by phone. This interview took place February 15, 2007.