JTA: Global Jewish News - 12.01.2006

Murdered ex-spy criticized anti-Semitism 

(JTA) — Alexander Litvinenko, a former Russian spy who was murdered in London last week, was an outspoken critic of anti-Semitism in the Russian security services. 

According to London’s Jewish News, Litvinenko’s friend and spokesman Alex Goldfarb said the former KGB spy wrote a book called "The FSB Blows up Russia," in which he "condemned latent anti-Semitism within Russia’s Federal Security Service." 

Goldfarb also claims that Litvinenko’s assassination by poisoning, which Goldfarb blames on the Russian government, was partially motivated by his association with a number of influential expatriated Russian Jews, including businessman Boris Berezovsky. British authorities are investigating Litvinenko’s death.