Movements of Suspect, an Ex-KGB Man, Match Trail of Radiation -- and Russians Say He Has Radiation Poisoning ... British detectives had just arrived in Moscow when they were told they could not see the man they consider their prime suspect, former KGB agent Andrei Lugovoi. He was unavailable, hospitalized with signs of radiation poisoning, Russian officials said. ... On Oct 25, a full week before Litvinenko was poisoned, Lugovoi flew to London. Both his plane and his hotel, the Sheraton, have tested positive for radiation. On Oct 31, one day before the poisoning, Lugovoi returned to London. Again, his plane, his hotel -- the Millenium -- and a soccer stadium he visited all tested positive.
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British detectives had just arrived in Moscow when they were told they could not see the man they consider their prime suspect, former KGB agent Andrei Lugovoi. He was unavailable, hospitalized with signs of radiation poisoning, Russian officials said.
On Oct 25, a full week before Litvinenko was poisoned, Lugovoi flew to London. Both his plane and his hotel, the Sheraton, have tested positive for radiation.
On Oct 31, one day before the poisoning, Lugovoi returned to London. Again, his plane, his hotel -- the Millenium -- and a soccer stadium he visited all tested positive.
http://www.axisglobe.com/article.asp?article=1152
The few times I've read their stuff I've found them well informed, with a marked "New Europe" type anti-Russian slant on interpretation and selective quote-chosing.... but compared to Fox et al they're refreshingly factual.
If their picture of Lugovoy is accurate - and no reason to assume it isn't? - I'd be very much inclined to rule him out as polonium-dispenser as he's far too high up the big-shot scale plus personally rich. Since when do the rich and powerfully well-connected, anywhere in the world, ever do dirty jobs personally??...
So if radioactivity dogs his footsteps, could be he's being set up too??? "Ignoring moralities is always undesirable, but doing so systematically is really worrisome." Mohammed Khatami
http://www.eurotrib.com/comments/2006/11/29/131313/65/31#31 - "I would say that if they do nto get ill.. we have two serious suspects..." [Lugovoi and Kovtun] http://www.eurotrib.com/comments/2006/11/29/131313/65/30#30 - Lugovoi suggests [Chechen] Zakayev was target, not Litvinenko http://www.eurotrib.com/comments/2006/11/29/131313/65/29#29 - Justin Raimondo: "It is going to be a hard sell, however, portraying Lugovoi as a Kremlin agent, given his past services to Berezovsky" http://www.eurotrib.com/comments/2006/11/19/20439/209/33#33 - Lugovoi confirms Kovtun was other man meeting Litvinenko http://www.eurotrib.com/comments/2006/11/19/20439/209/31#31 - Lugovoi, Goldfarb and the CIA http://www.eurotrib.com/comments/2006/11/19/20439/209/30#30 - Lugovoi denies involvement, and more Justin Raimondo on Lugovoi Those whom the Gods wish to destroy They first make mad. -- Euripides
Reuters: Litvinenko friend slams Western backing for Putin (Dec 7, 2006)
An exiled Kremlin opponent accused the West on Wednesday of standing by passively as Russia passed laws allowing its agents to hunt down opponents overseas, saying these had led directly to the poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko. Chechen separatist Akhmed Zakayev, a close friend of Litvinenko, accused Western countries of helping to strengthen a "criminal regime" in Moscow by their failure to stand up to President Vladimir Putin. ... Zakayev, a Chechen rebel leader whom Russia has tried in vain to extradite from Britain, confirmed he drove Litvinenko in his car on November 1, the same day the former agent fell ill.
Chechen separatist Akhmed Zakayev, a close friend of Litvinenko, accused Western countries of helping to strengthen a "criminal regime" in Moscow by their failure to stand up to President Vladimir Putin.
Zakayev, a Chechen rebel leader whom Russia has tried in vain to extradite from Britain, confirmed he drove Litvinenko in his car on November 1, the same day the former agent fell ill.
