Poisoned spy blames Putin for his death
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A rare radioactive substance killed an ex-KGB spy turned Kremlin critic, the British government said Friday. In a dramatic statement written before he died, the man called Russian President Vladimir Putin "barbaric and ruthless" and blamed him personally for the poisoning.
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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 -- 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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Former Prime Minister Yegor Gaidar is certain his mysterious sudden illness last month was caused by poisoning and that opponents of the Russian authorities were likely responsible, he said Thursday.
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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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A former Russian security agent who was fatally poisoned by a rare radioactive isotope accused a contact he met hours before falling ill of being involved in the poisoning, according to Russian billionaire and ...Comment
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LONDON -- A former Russian spy who said he had been poisoned died last night in an intensive care unit, and doctors were unable to pinpoint the cause of death, officials with London's University College Hospital said.
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Alexander V. Litvinenko, who fell gravely ill early this month, apparently after being poisoned, died Thursday night after suffering a heart attack, the authorities said.
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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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Critics see Moscow's hand in the poisoning, while Putin supporters point to an anti-Russia conspiracy.
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British authorities should investigate the &quot;tragic&quot; death of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko, a Kremlin spokesman has said in Helsinki.
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A Russian businessman who met ex-KGB spy Alexander Litvinenko falls into a coma, a Russian agency reports.
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British officials sought on Saturday to allay public health fears following the killing by radiation poisoning of a former Russian spy who blamed his mysterious death on President Vladimir Putin.
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LONDON, Nov. 26 -- A British cabinet minister on Sunday accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of "huge attacks on individual liberty and on democracy" as British officials investigated the mysterious poisoning death of a former Russian spy.
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British authorities said Friday that a toxic radioactive substance had been found in the body of a former KGB agent turned Kremlin critic who blamed a "barbaric and ruthless" Russian President Vladimir Putin ...Comment
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A Russian dissident may have been poisoned in the UK with a radioactive substance, says an expert toxicologist.
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A Russian former spy died late Thursday night in a London hospital three weeks after his suspected poisoning, with doctors unable to determine the cause of his illness, hospital officials and police said.