Britain tries to unravel mystery behind ex-Russian spy's death
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British police are working out how former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko might have been poisoned with a highly toxic radioactive substance, and who could be behind it.
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LONDON -- The FBI is joining the British probe into the poisoning death of a Kremlin critic, the agency announced yesterday as investigators found traces of radiation at a dozen sites in Britain and a Russian former prime minister reported symptoms consistent with poisoning.
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Britain gave the all clear on Thursday to one of four aircraft being monitored for radiation in an ever widening probe into the death from poisoning of a former Russian spy that has heightened tensions with Moscow.
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Alexander Litvinenko, the former Russian agent murdered in London last year, was working for British intelligence at the time, the man charged by Britain with his murder alleged on Thursday.
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British police were studying security camera footage on Saturday after finding radioactive traces at three London locations visited by an ex-KGB spy who accused Vladimir Putin of his murder in a deathbed statement.
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The Russian businessman whom Britain has named as a suspect in the killing of ex-KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko said Thursday that he has evidence of British special services' involvement in the poisoning death.
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A coroner in Britain formally opened an inquest Thursday into the death in London of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko, who was poisoned with a radioactive substance.
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British investigators visiting Moscow to probe the death of Russian former intelligence agent Alexander Litvinenko are to meet key witness Andrei Lugovoi, Lugovoi said, as newspapers predicted the mystery would not be resolved quickly.
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Poisoned Russian exile Alexander Litvinenko was no spy for Britain, and such claims are no more than an attempt by the man accused of his murder to shield himself from justice, Litvinenko's widow said in an interview.
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A former Russian spy who said he had been poisoned died Thursday night at a London hospital, following a mysterious and rapid decline that left doctors unable to pinpoint the cause of death, officials said.
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LONDON, Dec. 6 -- British authorities announced Wednesday that they are officially treating the fatal poisoning of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko as murder and have found traces of a radioactive substance at the British Embassy in Moscow.
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The radioactive substance that doctors believe killed a Kremlin critic and former Soviet spy could have come from Russia, but nuclear experts said Saturday it would be difficult for investigators to pinpoint blame for the death even if the origin of the toxin is determined.
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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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Andrei Lugovoi says the British intelligence service is behind the murder of Kremlin opponent Alexander Litvinenko.
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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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British prosecutors seek extradition of a Russian suspect in the murder of an ex-KGB man.  But the Kremlin is balking
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British detectives were in Moscow to continue their investigation into the mysterious poisoning death of former spy Alexander Litvinenko, as diplomatic tensions between Britain and Russia rose closer to the surface.