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Man Accused Of Poisoning Kremlin Critic Alexander Litvinenko In 2006 Dies
Dmitry Kovtun, one of two Russian men accused by Britain of poisoning Kremlin critic Alexander Litvinenko in London in 2006, has died of COVID-19 in a Moscow hospital, TASS news agency said on Saturday.
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Russian Ex-Spy Sergei Skripal At The Centre Of Feared Poisoning
Sergei Skripal, a former Russian double agent whose mysterious collapse in England sparked fears of a possible poisoning by Moscow, has been living in Britain since a high-profile spy swap in 2010.
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Russian Ex-Spy Alexander Litvinenko Case: 'Nuclear Terrorism' In London
The case of Alexander Litvinenko, the former Russian secret agent killed with radioactive poison in London in 2006, had all the hallmarks of a Cold War era thriller with a human tragedy at its centre.
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Her Husband Was Fatally Poisoned At A Posh Hotel. She Never Stopped Trying To Find Who Did It.
For nearly a decade, Marina Litvinenko has been trying to conclusively prove who killed her husband -- and why.
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Putin Implicated In Fatal Poisoning Of Former KGB Spy At Posh London Hotel
Russian President Vladimir Putin was likely personally responsible for approving the fatal poisoning at a posh London hotel of a former KGB operative-turned-U.K. intelligence agent, according to the findings of a highly anticipated British inquiry released Thursday.
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Russia Slams 'Politicised' UK Inquiry Into Kremlin Critic Alexander Litvinenko's Death
Russia said today that it did not trust Britain's "politicised" inquiry into the poisoning death of Kremlin critic Alexander Litvinenko.
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Polonium Used to Poison Russian Spy May Have Harmed Londoners: Inquiry
An unknown number of Londoners might have been put at risk by the 2006 poisoning of ex-KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko with a radioactive isotope, which amounted to "a nuclear attack on the streets" of the British capital, an inquiry heard on Thursday.
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Shooting of Nemtsov Draws Comparisons to Death of Another Putin Foe
The fatal shooting in Moscow last week of a Russian opposition leader, Boris Y. Nemtsov, has prompted comparisons with the 2006 poisoning of Alexander V. Litvinenko, another foe of President Vladimir V. Putin.
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US Spies Link Former Russian Agent Alexander Litvinenko's Killing to Kremlin: Report
US spies intercepted communications between the chief suspects in the murder case of Russian former spy Alexander Litvinenko, linking his poisoning to the Russian state, Britain's Daily Telegraph reported Saturday.
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Russian poisoned to death worked for British spy agency
Alexander Litvinenko, the former Russian agent-turned-Kremlin critic, was a "registered and paid" agent working for Britain's foreign intelligence agency when he died after being mysteriously poisoned, a lawyer representing his widow told an official hearing Thursday. Another lawyer said the U.K. has evidence the Russian government was behind Litvi...
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WikiLeaks: New light shed on ex-KGB man's poisoning
Shortly after the radiation poisoning in London of a former K.G.B. officer, Alexander V. Litvinenko, a senior Russian official asserted that Moscow had been tailing his killers before he died but had been waved off by Britain's security services, according to a cable in the trove of secret American documents released by WikiLeaks. The Russian asser...
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Man Accused Of Poisoning Kremlin Critic Alexander Litvinenko In 2006 Dies
Dmitry Kovtun, one of two Russian men accused by Britain of poisoning Kremlin critic Alexander Litvinenko in London in 2006, has died of COVID-19 in a Moscow hospital, TASS news agency said on Saturday.
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Russian Ex-Spy Sergei Skripal At The Centre Of Feared Poisoning
Sergei Skripal, a former Russian double agent whose mysterious collapse in England sparked fears of a possible poisoning by Moscow, has been living in Britain since a high-profile spy swap in 2010.
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Russian Ex-Spy Alexander Litvinenko Case: 'Nuclear Terrorism' In London
The case of Alexander Litvinenko, the former Russian secret agent killed with radioactive poison in London in 2006, had all the hallmarks of a Cold War era thriller with a human tragedy at its centre.
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Her Husband Was Fatally Poisoned At A Posh Hotel. She Never Stopped Trying To Find Who Did It.
For nearly a decade, Marina Litvinenko has been trying to conclusively prove who killed her husband -- and why.
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Putin Implicated In Fatal Poisoning Of Former KGB Spy At Posh London Hotel
Russian President Vladimir Putin was likely personally responsible for approving the fatal poisoning at a posh London hotel of a former KGB operative-turned-U.K. intelligence agent, according to the findings of a highly anticipated British inquiry released Thursday.
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Russia Slams 'Politicised' UK Inquiry Into Kremlin Critic Alexander Litvinenko's Death
Russia said today that it did not trust Britain's "politicised" inquiry into the poisoning death of Kremlin critic Alexander Litvinenko.
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Polonium Used to Poison Russian Spy May Have Harmed Londoners: Inquiry
An unknown number of Londoners might have been put at risk by the 2006 poisoning of ex-KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko with a radioactive isotope, which amounted to "a nuclear attack on the streets" of the British capital, an inquiry heard on Thursday.
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Shooting of Nemtsov Draws Comparisons to Death of Another Putin Foe
The fatal shooting in Moscow last week of a Russian opposition leader, Boris Y. Nemtsov, has prompted comparisons with the 2006 poisoning of Alexander V. Litvinenko, another foe of President Vladimir V. Putin.
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US Spies Link Former Russian Agent Alexander Litvinenko's Killing to Kremlin: Report
US spies intercepted communications between the chief suspects in the murder case of Russian former spy Alexander Litvinenko, linking his poisoning to the Russian state, Britain's Daily Telegraph reported Saturday.
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Russian poisoned to death worked for British spy agency
Alexander Litvinenko, the former Russian agent-turned-Kremlin critic, was a "registered and paid" agent working for Britain's foreign intelligence agency when he died after being mysteriously poisoned, a lawyer representing his widow told an official hearing Thursday. Another lawyer said the U.K. has evidence the Russian government was behind Litvi...
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WikiLeaks: New light shed on ex-KGB man's poisoning
Shortly after the radiation poisoning in London of a former K.G.B. officer, Alexander V. Litvinenko, a senior Russian official asserted that Moscow had been tailing his killers before he died but had been waved off by Britain's security services, according to a cable in the trove of secret American documents released by WikiLeaks. The Russian asser...
