The Litvinenko Inquiry

Part 4: Why would anyone wish to kill
Alexander Litvinenko?
Chapter 1: Introduction
4.1 On the evidence that I have heard, Alexander Litvinenko lived a most eventful life in the
United Kingdom (UK) between 2000 and 2006. He involved himself in a wide range of
activities, many, as before, focused on challenging corruption in the Federal Security
Service (FSB) and on combating organised crime. He also had to try to find a way of
making a living in the UK using the skills and contacts that he had acquired as an FSB
officer in Russia. The evidence suggests that, in the course of such activities, and just
as he had in Russia, Mr Litvinenko may have made some dangerous enemies.
4.2 The purpose of this Part of the Report is to review the evidence that I have heard, both
as to what Mr Litvinenko was doing during this period, and as to whom his activities
might have upset. The question that underpins this exercise, and that I will come to
address later in this Report, is simple: could any of Mr Litvinenko’s activities during
this period have provided a motive for murder?
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