Poisoned Russian Ex-Spy Said He Was Ordered to Hire Assassins
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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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A former Russian secret service agent claimed that he was recruited by British intelligence through Alexander Litvinenko, the agent murdered last year, in a Russian television interview aired on Friday.
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The head of an organization of former  Russian spies was quoted as saying on Thursday Stalin-era  policies of Moscow assassinating enemies had ceased, and ex-KGB  agent Alexander Litvinenko was probably murdered by criminals.
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Ex-KGB spy Alexander Litvinenko accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of his murder from beyond the grave on Friday, in a statement read out the morning after he died of an unknown poison in a London ...Comment
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A U.S.-based friend of a poisoned Russian ex-spy says he has given police the name of a suspect he believes orchestrated the killing of Alexander Litvinenko.
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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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The extradition of a suspect in the poisoning murder of an ex-KGB agent in London is in Russia&#39;s &quot;national interest,&quot; Britain&#39;s ambassador to Russia said in an interview published on Sunday.
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LONDON -- Before Alexander Litvinenko, the former Russian intelligence agent fatally poisoned in London last year, sought asylum in Britain, he first tried to flee to the United States, according to a new book that also offers fresh details of his uneasy life and relationship with the former KGB ...
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A former KGB spy accused Vladimir Putin of his murder on Friday in a statement read out after his death, which British health officials said had been caused by a rare radioactive substance found in his body.
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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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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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Doctors treating former Russian Prime Minister Yegor Gaidar, who fell ill in Ireland last week, believe he was poisoned, an aide said Thursday.
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Text of the statement dictated by former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko before he died and released by his friends on Friday:
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A formal request is made to Moscow for the extradition of an ex-KGB agent accused of poisoning Alexander Litvinenko, the Foreign Office confirms.
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The CIA recruited a former FBI agent to approach two of America's most-wanted mobsters and gave them poison pills meant for Fidel Castro during his first year in power, according to newly declassified papers released Tuesday.
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The barman who served tea to murdered former Russian agent Alexander Litvinenko has told The Sunday Telegraph that he was distracted while an assassin allegedly sprayed deadly poison into the drink.
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The head of an organization of former Russian spies was quoted as saying on Thursday Stalin-era policies of Moscow assassinating enemies had ceased, and ex-KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko was probably murdered by criminals.