{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/e8135644-f1f3-4965-80cb-247bc7786eaa/636114443da1600012a7d8a5?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Episode 153: The Poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko | Geopolitics, War & Espionage #46","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61b9f8171a8cbe69503cefe9/1666462014795-88a39e16069989f196e3b5633933eef1.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>In 2006, British-based Russian author and journalist Alexander Litvinenko is suddenly taken seriously ill. His deterioration is world news, chronicled right up until his death 3 weeks later.</p><p><br></p><p>Thing is, Litvinenko wasn't only a journalist - he was a former Russian agent. And not only was he a former Russian agent, he was a vocal critic of the Kremlin and of Vladmir Putin, having gone on record accusing Putin of unspeakable crimes.</p><p><br></p><p>A deliberate assassination, not even disguised as an accident. Is this when the world started waking up to the idea of a new full-blown tyrant?</p>","author_name":"Chris Stokes, Masud Milas & Sooz Kempner"}