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President Putin 'probably' approved Litvinenko murder

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I remember this story very well...and ten years later, an inquiry says Putin is responsible. I think it just confirms what most people already knew.

President Putin 'probably' approved Litvinenko murder - BBC News

"...Mr Putin is likely to have signed off the poisoning of Mr Litvinenko with polonium-210 in part due to personal "antagonism" between the pair, it said.

Home Secretary Theresa May said the murder was a "blatant and unacceptable" breach of international law.

But the Russian Foreign Ministry said the public inquiry was "politicised".

It said: "We regret that the purely criminal case was politicised and overshadowed the general atmosphere of bilateral relations."....


The long-awaited report into Mr Litvinenko's death found that two Russian men - Andrei Lugovoi and Dmitry Kovtun - deliberately poisoned the 43-year-old in London in 2006 by putting the radioactive substance polonium-210 into his drink at a hotel.

Sir Robert Owen, the public inquiry chairman, said he was "sure" Mr Litvinenko's murder had been carried out by the two men and that they were probably acting under the direction of Moscow's FSB intelligence service, and approved by the organisation's chief, Nikolai Patrushev, as well as the Russian president.

He said Mr Litvinenko's work for British intelligence agencies, his criticism of the FSB and Mr Putin, and his association with other Russian dissidents were possible motives for his killing..."
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poisoning_of_Alexander_Litvinenko#Polonium_trails
 
Moot said:
I remember this story very well...and ten years later, an inquiry says Putin is responsible. I think it just confirms what most people already knew.

President Putin 'probably' approved Litvinenko murder - BBC News

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poisoning_of_Alexander_Litvinenko#Polonium_trails
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Although it's unique that this is being reported in public and supported by an official investigation, the fact that the Russian government (probably Putin himself) approved if not ordered the killing, is not a new development. But, like I said, the fact that it's now being discussed openly by officials, is.

Putin was a KGB Colonel for goodness sake. I seriously doubt this is the first person he's had killed, and he's probably killed a few himself, up close and personal.
 
I wonder what Russians will do- my guess is stifle this in the media and let it fizzle out.
 
Beaudreaux said:
Although it's unique that this is being reported in public and supported by an official investigation, the fact that the Russian government (probably Putin himself) approved if not ordered the killing, is not a new development. But, like I said, the fact that it's now being discussed openly by officials, is.

Putin was a KGB Colonel for goodness sake. I seriously doubt this is the first person he's had killed, and he's probably killed a few himself, up close and personal.
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Any reporter that didn't shine a positive light on him seemed to wind up dead too.
 
I have opened a related thread which I hope will focus an what Britain's reaction will be. At the very least all Russian intelligence agents in the UK should be expelled.
 
Beaudreaux said:
Although it's unique that this is being reported in public and supported by an official investigation, the fact that the Russian government (probably Putin himself) approved if not ordered the killing, is not a new development. But, like I said, the fact that it's now being discussed openly by officials, is.

Putin was a KGB Colonel for goodness sake. I seriously doubt this is the first person he's had killed, and he's probably killed a few himself, up close and personal.
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This former KGB General says Putin was only a Major....

Ex-KGB Agent Kalugin: Putin Was 'Only A Major'


This man was shot after right after having dinner with Gen. Kalugin....


"...Paul M. Joyal (born 1954) is an American security analyst and media commentator who frequently comments on political and security matters concerning Russia and former Soviet countries. A critic of the administration of Russian president Vladimir Putin, in late February 2007 Joyal told Dateline NBC that the murder of former KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko served as a warning to all critics of the Putin government.[1]

A few days later, on March 1, Joyal was shot and wounded outside his home in Adelphi, Maryland. The Washington Post reports that the attack is under investigation by the FBI.[2][3] Earlier that evening, Joyal had dined with former KGB general Oleg Kalugin; Kalugin (whom the Russian Government accused of being a US agent) later told the Washington Post that he was not sure whether the attack was politically motivated.[4]..."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Joyal​
 
Sweden said:
I have opened a related thread which I hope will focus an what Britain's reaction will be. At the very least all Russian intelligence agents in the UK should be expelled.
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I looked to see if a related thread had already been made but I didn't see one. Where did you post it?
 
Moot said:
I looked to see if a related thread had already been made but I didn't see one. Where did you post it?
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in International Politics.
 
Just wait till the usual suspects (DaveFagan, DA60, Montecristo, etc) come in to tell us all how this is just Anglo-American propaganda.
 
Sherman123 said:
Just wait till the usual suspects (DaveFagan, DA60, Montecristo, etc) come in to tell us all how this is just Anglo-American propaganda.
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Has RT spun it yet? They'll be lost for words until then.
 
The Litvinenko Report (pdf format)


Poisoning Alexander Litvinenko: The Moment Russia Went Fully Rogue


Alexander Litvinenko and the Banality of Evil in Putin’s Russia - The New York Times


Russia dismisses Britain's Litvinenko inquiry as 'joke'


Putin's disturbing message for the west: your rules don't apply

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Grave of the murdered Alexander Litvinenko in London
 
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