a spy in the former KGB Alexander Litvinenko, who was poisoned with a rare radioactive isotope in 2006, held the most dangerous post in the world, as testified today by the witnesses in the investigation conducted in London for the murder of.
The doctors stressed that most likely wouldn’t have ever discovered how he died Litvinenko if he had not been subjected to a series of unusual tests before his death.
According to the british police, Alexander Litvinenko, who had turned against the Kremlin, he died three weeks after he drank tea poisoned with polonium-210 at a luxury London hotel. It is believed that the poison was poured in the tea two other Russians, Andrey Lougovoi and Dmitry Κότβουν.
At the start of the hearing in the Supreme Court of London, on Tuesday, it was reported that Litvinenko had told police that Russian president Vladimir Putin had ordered himself personally of its execution. The lawyer of the widow explained that this was done partly to hide the relations of the Kremlin with the mafia, as the former agent he intended to reveal helping the Spanish police.
Russia and the two suspects have repeatedly denied that they have any connection with the death of Litvinenko.
The health of the Litvinenko deteriorated rapidly after his meeting with the Lougovoi and Κότβουν, 1 November 2006. He died three weeks later from multi-organ failure. In the investigation, witnesses testified that the officers had a “hunch” and called on nuclear scientists who, two days before he died Litvinenko, found that he had been poisoned with alpha radiation.
The head of the coroner Nat Cary said that if he had not done this, the causes of death would not have been revealed in the autopsy, adding that he knows of no other case of poisoning with alpha radiation in Britain, maybe the whole world. His partner, Benjamin Swift said: “it Was probably the most dangerous autopsy ever made”.
Those who participated in the examination of the body had to wear two protective suits, and special hoods with filters for the air.
The case of Litvinenko caused a deep rift in the relations of Britain with Russia. But, as the relations of the two countries were improving, the London decided in 2013 to stop the investigations. Last July the british government changed its mind, noting, however, that this did not play any role in the political situation in Ukraine and the Russian involvement in the crisis.
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