Alexander Goldfarb (microbiologist)
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Alexander Goldfarb or Alex Goldfarb is a Jewish-Russian microbiologist and activist. After studying Microbiology at Columbia University in the 1970s, he became known in the 1980s for his work helping refuseniks to defect from the USSR.[1] He has worked with Dr. Paul Farmer to battle tuberculosis in Russian prisons and currently heads the International Foundation for Civil Liberties.
Because he originally helped Alexander Litvinenko leave Russia, and because his International Foundation for Civil Liberties is funded by Kremlin foe Boris Berezovsky, he has become a major figure in the story of Litvinenko's death.[1]
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- Pathologies of Power: Health, Human Rights, and the New War on the Poor, Berkeley: University of California Press, 2003, 2005 edition: ISBN 0-520-24326-9
- Litvinenko poisoning: the main players - The Guardian
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