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Radioactive murder of Litvinenko – a State sponsored crime?

Was Alexander Litvinenko killed by ‘state-sponsored nuclear terrorism’? The Telegraph A senior judge will examine whether Russia ordered the murder of dissident Alexander Litvinenko in an act of “state-sponsored nuclear terrorism”, his inquest heard. By Tom Whitehead, Security Editor  20 Sep 2012
The former KGB agent died from the radioactive poison polonium-210 after allegedly meeting former security colleagues in London in 2006. Allegations that the Russian authorities ordered and directed his death will now form a key part of the inquest, Sir Robert Owen, the High Court judge leading it, signalled.
Lawyers for Mr Litvinenko’s widow, Marina, said if the claims were substantiated, it meant “state-sponsored nuclear terrorism on the streets of London”.
It emerged one of the main suspects in the death, Andrei Lugovoi, could give evidence via video link from Russia, where he is resisting an extradition request.
However, details of a police investigation in to whether Mr Litvinenko, who fled to the UK in 2000, had been in regular contact with the British spy agencies while here will be kept a secret.
Mr Litvinenko, 43, was allegedly poisoned while drinking tea during a meeting with former KGB contacts at the Millennium Hotel in Grosvenor Square in November 2006. He died three weeks later in University College Hospital……
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/russia/9555262/Was-Alexander-Litvinenko-killed-by-state-sponsored-nuclear-terrorism.html

September 21, 2012 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Legal, UK