KGB legacy of poison politics
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Doctors confirm that dioxin poisoned Ukraine's opposition candidate Viktor Yushchenko.
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Former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko, poisoned in London three weeks ago, died on Thursday, the hospital treating him said.
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The hospital treating a former Russian spy said Tuesday radioactive substances might have been used in the poisoning of Col.Comment
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It has all the ingredients of a classic Cold War spy novel: Russian agents, shady contacts, poisonings, radioactive materials and above all mystery; for many, &quot;The Litvinenko Affair&quot; could be a bestseller.
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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 -- 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 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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After bootlegged vodka poisons thousands in Russia, John Sweeney looks at how the country is coping with the Yellow Death.
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MOSCOW -- A Russian businessman who met with a former Russian domestic intelligence officer in London the day the man fell ill from radioactive poison has himself become suddenly and seriously sick, Russian news organizations reported last night.
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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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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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KIEV, DEC 25: Everyone wants a bite of Ukraineâs âorange revolutionâ. Be it religion, scarves, hats or mugs, Ukraineâs outpouring of disgust at Opposition leader Viktor Yushchenkoâs rival being declared
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Ukrainian opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko is sure he was poisoned by the government and today, for the first time, he pinpointed the time and place of his dioxin poisoning.
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The illness that disfigured the face of opposition presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko resulted from poisoning by the toxic substance dioxin, which might have been
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MOSCOW -- They are an odd trio: a chess grandmaster, a flamboyantly controversial radical and a suave former insider. Together they have embarked on a political quest that seems not merely quixotic but hopelessly so: regime change in Russia.
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It's a murder mystery filled with intrigue reminiscent of the Cold War _ there's a retired Russian spy poisoned by a radioactive substance, a secret dossier, a slain investigative journalist and a shadowy ...Comment
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The illness that disfigured the face of opposition presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko resulted from poisoning by the toxic substance dioxin, which might have been placed