Poisoned ex-spy accuses Putin from beyond grave
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An ex-KGB spy accused Vladimir Putin of his murder in a statement read out on Friday after his death from radiation poisoning, but the Russian president brushed off the accusation as "political provocation".
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MOSCOW --The former KGB agent accused by British prosecutors with poisoning another former agent in London last November held a press conference yesterday to say MI6, the British foreign intelligence service, was a likely suspect in the killing.
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The UK extradition request over Alexander Litvinenko's murder is "pure foolishness", President Putin says.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin, the man Alexander Litvinenko has accused of killing him, has said he "deplores" the death of the former KGB agent.Comment
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President Putin says allegations that ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko died as a result of deliberate action are baseless.
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A Russian linked to a probe into the radiation poisoning of ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko said he had been contaminated by the former agent in London weeks before the latter fell fatally ill.
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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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A former Russian spy fighting for his  life in a British hospital may have been given poison laced  with a radioactive substance to render it more lethal, the  toxicologist treating him said on Tuesday.
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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 overnight, saying the poisoning of the ex-colonel was an act of revenge.
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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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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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Former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko, poisoned in London three weeks ago, has suffered a sudden turn for the worse and is now seriously ill, the hospital treating him said on Thursday.
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LONDON -- A former KGB agent turned Kremlin critic who was poisoned three weeks ago was moved into intensive care yesterday after his condition deteriorated, and his doctor said the toxin has attacked his bone marrow.
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A former Russian spy fighting for his life in a British hospital may have been given poison in a radioactive form to render it more lethal, the toxicologist treating him said on Tuesday.
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MOSCOW, May 31 -- The former KGB agent charged by British prosecutors with poisoning another former agent in London last November held a news conference Thursday to finger MI6, the British foreign intelligence service, as a more likely suspect in the killing.
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THE Russian president, Vladimir Putin, yesterday accused the West of harbouring Chechen terrorists, speaking hours after rebel leader Shamil Basayev claimed responsibility for the Beslan school massacre.
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Russia launches a spying case over statements made by the man accused by the UK of killing former KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko.