The Litvinenko Inquiry
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Litvinenko</strong> <strong>Inquiry</strong><br />
21 March 1998 AL, Viktor Shebalin (VShe), Andrei<br />
Ponkin (APon) and others told BB of<br />
plot to assassinate him<br />
19/20 April 1998 Interview with AL, Alexander Gusak<br />
(AGus) and APon was recorded<br />
July 1998<br />
AL told Vladimir Putin (VP), Head of<br />
FSB about order to assassinate BB<br />
17 November 1998 AL attended and spoke at press<br />
conference, accompanied by VS, APon<br />
and Mikhail Trepashkin (MT). Extracts<br />
of taped interview televised shortly<br />
afterwards<br />
December 1998<br />
AL and colleagues dismissed or AL<br />
resigned from FSB. AL commenced<br />
work as consultant for BB and<br />
continued until March 1999<br />
25 March 1999 AL arrested and charged with<br />
exceeding authority as an officer.<br />
Detained in Lefortovo prison for eight<br />
months<br />
26 November 1999 AL acquitted at trial. Rearrested<br />
in courtroom and charged with<br />
manhandling suspects and stealing<br />
goods. Sent to Butyrka prison<br />
late 1999-early 2000<br />
spring 2000<br />
September 2000<br />
AL released from prison and charges<br />
against him dropped<br />
Third set of charges brought against<br />
AL and closed trial set to take place in<br />
Yaroslavl. AL was warned not to leave<br />
town without permission and passport<br />
taken from him pending trial<br />
AL told ML he was going to visit<br />
relatives in Nalchik. However, after<br />
arriving in Nalchik, AL crossed border<br />
into Georgia<br />
INQ017734 (page 6);<br />
Marina <strong>Litvinenko</strong><br />
3/55-56<br />
INQ017734 (page 7);<br />
Marina <strong>Litvinenko</strong><br />
3/69-70<br />
INQ017734<br />
(pages 8-9); Marina<br />
<strong>Litvinenko</strong> 3/71-72<br />
INQ017734<br />
(pages 9-10); Marina<br />
<strong>Litvinenko</strong> 3/80-82<br />
INQ017734<br />
(pages 10,13); Marina<br />
<strong>Litvinenko</strong> 3/82-83;<br />
3/91<br />
INQ017734 (page 11);<br />
Marina <strong>Litvinenko</strong><br />
3/84; 3/86<br />
INQ017734<br />
(pages 11-12); Marina<br />
<strong>Litvinenko</strong> 3/87-88<br />
INQ017734 (page 12);<br />
Marina <strong>Litvinenko</strong> 3/88<br />
INQ017734 (page<br />
12); Marina <strong>Litvinenko</strong><br />
3/90-91<br />
Marina <strong>Litvinenko</strong><br />
3/94-97<br />
17 October 2000 ML and Anatoly flew to Malaga, Spain INQ017734 (page 14);<br />
Marina <strong>Litvinenko</strong> 3/96<br />
late October 2000<br />
ML and Anatoly flew from Malaga<br />
to Antalya, Turkey, accompanied<br />
by Yuri Felshtinsky (YF). AL was<br />
already in Antalya and was joined by<br />
Alex Goldfarb (AGol)<br />
INQ017734 (page 14);<br />
Marina <strong>Litvinenko</strong><br />
3/102<br />
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