The man who co-authored a book with poisoned Russian former spy Alexander Litvinenko has cancelled a planned trip to London after being advised by the FBI that his safety may be at risk, the Financial Times has reported. Yuri Felshtinsky, a US-based Russian historian, was due to attend the launch of the new edition of BLOWING UP RUSSIA: TERROR FROM WITHIN — the book he penned with Litvinenko — in London on Friday, with an accompanying press conference and interviews. His British publisher, Gibson Square Press, said, however, that the event had been postponed indefinitely after receiving an e-mail from Felshtinsky mentioning the FBI advice.
“When the book was first written, everyone thought Litvinenko’s claims were ludicrous,” Martin Rynja, the book’s publisher, was quoted as saying by the business daily. “Now people want to know what he stood for, which is why we are publishing it. It does seem now that if you are opposed to the KGB or its successors you are in trouble.”