Poisoned spy accused Putin before death
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An former KGB agent poisoned in London described in interviews before his death how he was ordered to hire assassins to neutralize potential rivals and whistle-blowers who threatened the Kremlin, according to excerpts published on Saturday.
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LONDON -- Former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko was fatally poisoned by a radioactive substance, traces of which were found in his urine, at his home, and at a London restaurant and hotel he visited the day he became ill, authorities said.
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President Vladimir Putin, accused by former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko of ordering his murder, said the ex-agent knew no official secrets and had no reason to flee Russia.
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Friends of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko accused "evil forces" in Russia on Friday of being responsible for his death in London and said the poisoning of the ex-colonel was an act of revenge.
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An Italian contact of Russian ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko, killed by radioactive poisoning in London, alleged that the Kremlin had ordered his death because he knew too much.
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A former Russian spy poisoned in Britain and now hospitalized under guard may have been targeted for his criticism of former colleagues and his investigation into the killing of a prominent anti-Kremlin ...Comment
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A former prime minister said Thursday that he is certain that poisoning, most likely by opponents of the Kremlin, caused his mysterious illness a day after a former Russian spy died of radiation poisoning.
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LONDON -- A former KGB agent poisoned in London said in interviews before his death that he was ordered to hire assassins to neutralize potential rivals and whistle-blowers who threatened the Kremlin, according to excerpts published and broadcast yesterday. Alexander Litvinenko, a fierce critic of Russia's president, Vladimir Putin, died Thursday of heart failure after becoming ill from what doctors ...
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President Vladimir Putin, accused by  former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko of ordering his murder,  said the ex-agent knew no official secrets and had no reason to  flee Russia.
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MOSCOW, Dec. 7 -- Russian authorities have opened their own criminal investigation into the poisoning death of former spy Alexander Litvinenko, and are expanding the probe to include the attempted murder of a second man who met with Litvinenko in a London hotel last month.
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Scotland Yard traced the final steps of a former KGB spy turned Kremlin critic after officials determined he was poisoned by a rare radioactive substance
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British police have found traces of a rare radioactive substance at three locations in London visited by a poisoned former KGB spy, who accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of his murder from beyond the grave.
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LONDON, Nov. 25 -- An ex-KGB agent poisoned in London described in interviews before his death how he was ordered to hire assassins to neutralize potential rivals and whistle-blowers who threatened the Kremlin, according to excerpts published and broadcast Saturday.
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Russian prosecutors launched their own murder investigation on Thursday into the death in London from radiation poisoning of Russian ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko, in parallel to a British probe already under way.
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THE Kremlin was yesterday accused of poisoning Viktor Yushchenko, Ukraineâs opposition leader, in order to keep the country within Russiaâs sphere of influence.
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Russia has opened a criminal case in the poisoning death of former spy Alexander Litvinenko, the Prosecutor General's office said Thursday.
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Russian foreign minister accuses UK of politicising investigation into death of former spy.