Washington’s Blog | 22 Jan 2016 I’ve always assumed that Putin’s KGB (now called the FSB) killed Alexander Litvinenko. But today’s announcement by the British that Putin “probably” approved Litvinenko’s murder made me curious enough to take a look for myself. Initially, Litvinenko was poisoned with radioactive polonium as he sipped tea in an upscale…
BBC | 21 Jan 2016 Evan Davis speaks to George Galloway, leader of the Respect Party, and Alex Goldfarb, one of Mr Litvinenko’s closest friends about the results and implications of the Litvinenko Inquiry. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0om8ii5XVs&w=640&h=360]
Julie Hyland | World Socialist Web Site | 31 January 2015 An inquiry into the death of the fugitive ex-Russian spy, Alexander Litvinenko opened this week—nearly eight years after he was murdered. Litvinenko died from radioactive polonium-210 poisoning on November 23, 2006. It is claimed that the toxic element was contained in tea he drank during…
RT I 22 July 2014 A public inquiry has been ordered into the death of former KGB spy Alexander Litvinenko, who died in 2006 in a London hospital after he was poisoned with radioactive polonium. UK Home Secretary Theresa May said the inquiry will examine whether the Russian state was responsible for the death of…