Litvinenko Interview: Ryazan and FSB
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This document is an interview conducted in London by Olga Dmitrieva with former FSB Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Litvinenko for the newspaper 'Rossiyskaya Gazeta'. Litvinenko discusses his status as an asylum seeker, his refusal to return to Russia for a military trial, and his allegations regarding the 1999 apartment bombings. He explicitly claims that the material found in Ryazan was hexogen rather than sugar and asserts it was placed there by employees of Nikolai Patrushev. Litvinenko also details a 1997 order he received to assassinate Boris Berezovsky and Mikhail Trepashkin, which he cites as the catalyst for his 1998 press conference and subsequent legal persecution. He mentions his book 'FSB Blows Up Russia' and his participation in the film 'Assassination of Russia', while expressing fear for his safety but a commitment to his conscience.