International espionage, poisoned teapots, mysterious radiation traces, political assassination: there is no question the facts surrounding the murder of Alexander Litvinenko have plenty of dramatic potential. “The book is a truly remarkable real-life fiction that reads like a Bond film,” said Judy Counihan, head of Company Pictures. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Alexander Litvinenko had formerly been a spy with the Russian FSB. Photograph: David Levene for the Guardian“For more than eight years much about Litvinenko’s murder was opaque,” said Harding. Putin’s secret agents even broke into the journalist’s family home in Moscow, leaving bugging devices and making it chillingly clear they had visited.

Source: The Guardian November 13, 2016 00:00 UTC