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Russians close to carrying out 'perfect murder' when they poisoned Alexander Litvinenko (The Telegraph)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 17:22:19 GMT

Russian agents came close to carrying out the perfect assassination on British soil when they killed Alexander Litvinenko, The Sunday Telegraph has learnt.

Source : The Telegraph (subscribe)

Litvinenko Associate Granted Asylum In Britain (Free Internet Press)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 20:18:14 GMT

A Russian dissident who met the former KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko in a cafe two days before he was poisoned in London has been granted political asylum by Britain. Andrei Sidelnikov, 32, fled to the U.K. in December. The Russian secret service had prevented him from flying out of Moscow, but he eventually reached Gatwick after slipping out of Russia via Belarus and Ukraine. Sidelnikov...

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Scotland Yard Resumes 'Georgy Markov' Murder Case (International - Home)

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 16:05:28 GMT

New information over the case could help in the investigation of the murder of Alexander Litvinenko

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Russian News - Murder by Polonium-210: A Widow’s Stalled Quest for Justice - US News and World Report (Global Geopolitics News)

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 02:00:08 GMT

Murder by Polonium-210: A Widow’s Stalled Quest for Justice - US News and World ReportLONDON In November 2006, former KGB officer Alexander Litvinenko died in London after being poisoned with the radioactive isotope polonium-210. His widow, Marina, holds back sobs and wipes away tears with a tissue, as she talks about her life [...]

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Rebellion: the Litvinenko Case (NC) (The Independent)

Thu, 22 May 2008 23:00:01 GMT

Andrei Nekrasov's documentary has edgy topicality – the fatal poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko in a London restaurant last November – but not much in the way of clarity or even cold, hard facts.

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Luke Harding talks to the prime suspect in the Litvinenko case, Andrei Lugovoi (The Guardian)

Tue, 20 May 2008 23:00:40 GMT

Attempts to extradite Andrei Lugovoi over the poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko failed, plunging Britain and Russia into the worst diplomatic crisis since the cold war. Luke Harding talks to a wanted man

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Andrei Lugovoi talks to the Guardian's Luke Harding (The Guardian)

Tue, 20 May 2008 23:00:21 GMT

Andrei Lugovoi, suspected by the UK security services of murdering Russian dissident Alexander Litvinenko, speaks to the Guardian's Moscow correspondent Luke Harding

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Lugovoi Gets a Ticket in a Buyer's Market (Moscow Times)

Tue, 20 May 2008 20:00:00 GMT

He’ll be entering a lion's den, but Andrei Lugovoi, the man wanted in Britain for the London murder of former FSB officer Alexander Litvinenko, is set to brave a stadium full of English fans Wednesday evening to watch Manchester United take on Chelsea.

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Envoy Says Russia and Britain Can Repair Ties (Moscow Times)

Sun, 18 May 2008 20:00:00 GMT

Russia’s ambassador to London voiced optimism that “limited damage” done to ties by the murder of former KGB officer Alexander Litvinenko in Britain could easily be repaired given mutual goodwill.

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Britain's Litvinenko case a go in Russia (News: Moldova.org: Politics)

Sun, 18 May 2008 18:05:00 GMT

British investigators will receive the cooperation of their Russian counterparts in the case of slain defector Alexander Litvinenko, Russian officials say.Federal Security Service official Viktor Komogorov said Sunday his country was fully prepared to aid British investigators in their search for additional information about the November 2006 assassination of the former Russian security...

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From Russia with love for Viscount Linley (The Telegraph)

Sun, 18 May 2008 00:01:00 GMT

Relations between London and Moscow may have been in the deep freeze since the poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko but one member of the Royal family is determined to do his bit to win over the Russians.

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Undermining Freedom (John Baker's Blog)

Fri, 16 May 2008 07:59:17 GMT

Nick Cohen in the Guardian on the UK’s pandering to despots: Europe’s most blatant example is Vladimir Putin's Russia. When its agents poisoned Alexander Litvinenko with polonium-210, the Russians were as astonished as the Saudis that Britain insisted on bringing alleged criminals to justice. ‘I don't understand the position of the British government,’ a foreign ministry [...]

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Litvinenko widow hopes husband (Russia News Net)

Wed, 07 May 2008 18:31:30 GMT

LONDON, May 7 (RIA Novosti) - The widow of Alexander Litvinenko, who died of radioactive poisoning in London in November 2006, said Wednesday she hopes the mystery of his death will be solved under th...

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A poisonous delay for Litvinenko's widow (The Telegraph)

Sun, 04 May 2008 02:28:36 GMT

As if Alexander Litvinenko's widow has not suffered enough, Mandrake learns that she is now caught up in a bureaucratic row between the Government and a Labour council.

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Litvinenko files: Was he really murdered? (Raw Story)

Fri, 02 May 2008 14:25:01 GMT

Alexander Litvinenko died on 23 November 2006, after a mysterious and painful illness. The cause was identified, less than two hours before his death, by scientists at the British government's Atomic Weapons Establishment at Aldermaston. They found that he had been poisoned, with the radioactive isotope polonium-210. The diagnosis came too late for an antidote to be administered. But...

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Litvinenko: Was he really murdered? (Belfast Telegraph)

Fri, 02 May 2008 13:43:40 GMT

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China/Russia - military and economic expansion (World Affairs Board)

Sun, 27 Apr 2008 04:26:45 GMT

Hi, Please excuse me if this topic has been brought up before, I'm newby. Should we in the west be concerned over Russian and Chinese bully boy tactics they are employing on the world stage? ie Russia cutting of the Ukraine's oil supply; the poisoning of Mr alexander Litvinenko in London, and the sustained attack on Estonia's internet infrastructure because of the removal of a WWII stature...

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The Litvinenko Affair revisited (The Green Ribbon)

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 21:29:31 GMT

David Habbakuk will be familiar to readers of Col Pat Lang's blog Sic Semper Tyrannis. He has some very interesting thoughts on the November 2006 death of Alexander Litvinenko over at Yuri Mamchur's Russia Blog: Uncritical acceptance of claims by...

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Russian-British Relations Reach Low Point (World)

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 17:16:17 GMT

Relations between Russia and Britain have reached their lowest point since the collapse of the Soviet Union. Tensions between the two countries began after the murder of Russian security service defector Alexander Litvinenko in November 2006 in London. More recently, two out of three offices of the British Council in Russia were shut down by Russian authorities.

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Surrey police investigate alleged bid to kill ex-KGB spy (Mirror.co.uk)

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 23:00:00 GMT

An alleged bid to kill an ex-KGB spy friend of poisoned Russian Alexander Litvinenko is being investigated.

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