Top 3 Quotes & Sayings by Alexander Litvinenko

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a British author Alexander Litvinenko.
Last updated on April 19, 2025.
Alexander Litvinenko

Alexander Valterovich Litvinenko was a British-naturalised Russian defector and former officer of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) who specialised in tackling organized crime. A prominent critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, he advised British intelligence and coined the term "mafia state".

The quality of Moscow's hired killers had slipped since the KGB's glory days. — © Alexander Litvinenko
The quality of Moscow's hired killers had slipped since the KGB's glory days.
You may succeed in silencing me, but that silence comes at a price, you may succeed in silencing one man, but the howl of protest from around the world will reverberate, Mr. Putin, in your ears for the rest of your life.
I don't like when people pay for me.
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