Litvinenko, a Lieutenant Colonel and 20 yr. veteran of the Soviet Military and Intelligence services, created an international scandal at his Moscow press conference that publicity criticized the leaders of the KGB-FSB for numerous illegal orders he'd received. He was imprisonment on false charges, and eventually escaped to Britain where he received asylum. Litvinenko witnessed such outrages as Govt. campaigns to: <BR>- Dirty the reputations of Russia's leading businessmen.<BR>- Cover-up the corruption in the Govt. Agencies of coercion.<BR>- Provoke the Chechen wars to divert Russia away from the path of democracy--back to dictatorship, militarism, nationalism & chauvensim.- An outrageous Expose of Russia's secret bombing of its own cities in order to blame Chechens.<BR>- This story has been featured and confirmed in The N.Y. Times & The Wall Street Journal.<BR>- Russia's massive corruption will continue to make front page news, ensuring this book's the relevance.