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Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Sunday it was prepared to cooperate with Britain in investigating the case of poisoned defector Alexander Litvinenko after London lifted its unfounded accusations. Former Russian security service officer Litvinenko died of radioactive poisoning in London in November 2006. London accused Russia's security services of their complicity in Litvinenko

A journalist with the New York Sun newspaper is claiming that Aleksandr Litvi nenko may have accidentally poisoned himself while trying to smuggle polonium-210. Edward Epstein reached his conclusions after an investigation lasting well over a year. Aleksandr Litvinenko, a former Russian Intelligence officer, died of polonium-210 poisoning in November 2006.Britain believes he was murdered with the highly toxic isotope by another former Russian Intelligence officer Andrey Lugovoy, and has asked Moscow to extradite him.Russia's refused, saying it contradicts the country's constitution. Moscow says it will prosecute Lugovoy if Britain presents any proof of his guilt.Edward Epstein spent months on his investigation, which took him to London and Moscow.“My investigation started about November

Who Killed Alexander Litvinenko? - SlateExcerpt:"This week Slate is publishing two excerpts from Death of a Dissident: The Poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko and the Return of the KGB, by Alex Goldfarb and Marina Litvinenko. The "I" of the excerpts is Goldfarb—a dissident scientist who left Russia in the 1970s. After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, he went to work for George Soros directing charitable initiatives in Russia. He befriended Alexander "Sasha" Litvinenko in the 1990s. He is currently executive director of the International Foundation for Civil Liberties, an umbrella group set up by Boris Berezovsky."http://www.slate.com/id/2167972/fr/nl/

Cannes. La Croisette. Il 60mo Festival del cinema. Le star o presunte tali. Oggi dopo essere stato inserito a sorpresa sarà proiettata la prima del film-documentario sull'ex agente del Kgb Aleksandr Litvinenko morto sei mesi a Londra, avvelenato da una dose di polonio-210 chissà da chi... Il titolo è ''Rebellion: The Litvinenko Case'' realizzato da Andrei Nekrasov e Olga Konskaya che raccontano gli ultimi quattro anni di vita dell'ex spia russa. Nekrasov, un amico di lunga data di Litvinenko ha detto che realizzare questo film è stata per lui "una catarsi personale, un modo per affrontare lo shock della perdita di un amico che è morto in maniera orribile davanti ai miei occhi" Il risultato è un film denuncia sul regime russo in cui compare lo spettro di Anna Politoskaja e lo stesso Litvinenko che dal letto di morte accusa il presidente russo Vladimir Putin di aver organizzato il suo avvelenamento. Ufficia

Cronología de la misteriosa muerte de Litvinenko- 7 de octubre. La periodista rusa Anna Politkovskaya, gran crítica del Kremlin y la guerra de Chechenia, muere abatida a tiros en Moscú. En Londres, el ex espía ruso Alexander Litvinenko empieza a investigar el asesinato.-1 de noviembre. Litvinenko se reúne en un hotel de Londres con dos compatriotas, uno de los cuales es un ex agente del KGB, antiguo servicio de espionaje soviético. Ese mismo día, se entrevista con el profesor italiano Mario Scaramella, quien tiene buenos contactos en el mundo del espionaje, en un restaurante japonés. Horas después, el ex espía se siente mal y es internado en el Barnet General Hospital.-11 de noviembre. El antiguo agente secreto concede una entrevista a la BBC en la que asegura sentirse en «muy mal estado» después de un «grave envenenamiento».- 20 de noviembre. El enfermo es trasladado a la unidad de cuidados intensivos del University College Hospital, que difunde imágenes de un Litvinen

The news reports I've heard recently about Mr. Alexander Litvinenko's death seem to assume that if was deliberately poisoned with polonium-210 then the assassins are not very smart. Why? Because they have been leaving an easily detected trail wherever they go. Polonium-210 has a half-life of a little over 138 days, so although more short-lived than other significant isotopes of Polonium it certainly doesn't vanish overnight. Maybe they figured that since its radiation is mostly alpha radiation it wouldn't be detected at a distance (alpha radiation is readily absorbed and does not travel far).On the other hand suppose the assassins know all about polonium. Suppose that they are smart enough to drag a stinking Polonium red herring right across the trail. Tiny amounts of polonium are all it takes to leave a radio-active trail. So you could put a little here, a little there and soon you have it turning up all over the place. One bag going through an airport with a little poloniu

Brief profiles of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko who was poisoned by polonium-210 and some of his associates.Litvinenko case: key names - full details Previously reported:Russian ex-spy dies in hospital - full story     Obituary: Alexander Litvinenko Technorati TagsNews Alexander Litvinenko Russia KGB Kremlin Litvinenko