Who killed Alexander Litvinenko? Ask Putin
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posted by zaina19 on November, 2006 as ANALYSIS / OPINION
Opinion Who killed Alexander Litvinenko? Ask Putin Published on November 29, 2006 Until a week ago, Alexander Litvinenko, a former colonel in the Russian Federal Security Service, the FSB, was virtually unknown outside the murky world of Russian intelligence. With his death in London from a massive dose of the radioactive element polonium 210, however, his fate may lead to a fundamentally different relationship between Russia and the West. Beginning with the Yeltsin era, two US administrations have muted criticism of Russia. This was the case even in the face of a series of political murders in Russia. But if Litvinenko, a British subject, was murdered by Russian intelligence on British soil, self-censorship is no longer an option. Unless we want to give the Putin regime carte blanche to dispose of its enemies on our soil, we have no choice but to react. Russian television has given an explanation for the murder of Litvinenko as surrealistic as any offered by the Soviets during the Cold War. It attributed ... >> full
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Journalist says political debate is still alive despite Putin’s efforts
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posted by zaina19 on as ANALYSIS / OPINION
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 11/28/2006 6:06 PM In Russia, media mystery thickens Journalist says political debate is still alive despite Putin’s efforts November 28, 2006 By Allison Dedrick In the wake of the deaths of a fellow reporter and a spy who spoke out against the current government, Russian journalist Evgeny Kiseliev argued last night that despite President Vladimir Putin’s tightening control, political debate is still alive. EnlargeEnlarge Russian journalist Evgeny Kiseliev speaks at Cubberley Auditorium last night. Kiseliev said that despite tightening controls by Russian President Vladimir Putin, political debate and power sharing continue there. Alvin Chow Russian journalist Evgeny Kiseliev speaks at Cubberley Auditorium last night. Kiseliev said that despite tightening controls by Russian President Vladimir Putin, political debate and power sharing continue there. “There is the perception that political life has gone away in Russia, that everything is decided by the president and the small circle that surrounds him,” said Kiseliev, the former general director of what used to be one of the few remaining independent television networks in Russia. ... >> full
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Russia's Gaidar ill in hospital with mystery ailment
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posted by zaina19 on as ANALYSIS / OPINION
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 11/29/2006 6:18 AM Russia's Gaidar ill in hospital with mystery ailment Wed Nov 29, 2006 6:05 AM ET By Guy Faulconbridge MOSCOW (Reuters) - Yegor Gaidar, architect of Russia's market reforms, was being treated in a Moscow hospital on Wednesday after coming close to death with a mystery ailment during a visit to Ireland, friends and family said. Gaidar, 50, who unleashed economic shock therapy before the dust had settled on the ruins of the Soviet Union, fell unconscious with unexplained symptoms on November 24 during a visit to Dublin to present his new book -- Death of the Empire. "He lost consciousness for three hours and was taken to intensive care for a long time where doctors were fearful for his life," Gaidar's daughter Maria, an opposition activist, told Reuters. "He is in Moscow and doctors are trying to come up with a diagnosis but they can't find one. His condition is satisfactory and he is speaking but he looks very bad -- he looks ... >> full
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Litvinenko 'smuggled nuclear material'
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posted by zaina19 on as ANALYSIS / OPINION
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 11/30/2006 3:49 AM Litvinenko 'smuggled nuclear material' Publication time: Today at 09:51 Djokhar time Alexander Litvinenko, the poisoned former Russian agent, told the Italian academic he met on the day he fell ill that he had organised the smuggling of nuclear material out of Russia for his security service employers. Mario Scaramella, who flew into London yesterday to be interviewed by Scotland Yard officers investigating Mr Litvinenko's death, said Mr Litvinenko told him about the operation for the FSB security service, the successor to the KGB. Police said that Mr Scaramella, who met Mr Litvinenko at a sushi bar in London on 1 November to discuss a death threat aimed at both of them, was a potential witness. He was being interviewed at a "secure location" in London but was not in custody. The Health Protection Agency said that eight people had been referred to a clinic in London for tests for exposure to polonium-210, the radioactive substance that killed Mr Litvinenko. It declined to ... >> full
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Litvinenko 'smuggled nuclear material'
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posted by zaina19 on as ANALYSIS / OPINION
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 11/30/2006 3:49 AM Litvinenko 'smuggled nuclear material' Publication time: Today at 09:51 Djokhar time Alexander Litvinenko, the poisoned former Russian agent, told the Italian academic he met on the day he fell ill that he had organised the smuggling of nuclear material out of Russia for his security service employers. Mario Scaramella, who flew into London yesterday to be interviewed by Scotland Yard officers investigating Mr Litvinenko's death, said Mr Litvinenko told him about the operation for the FSB security service, the successor to the KGB. Police said that Mr Scaramella, who met Mr Litvinenko at a sushi bar in London on 1 November to discuss a death threat aimed at both of them, was a potential witness. He was being interviewed at a "secure location" in London but was not in custody. The Health Protection Agency said that eight people had been referred to a clinic in London for tests for exposure to polonium-210, the radioactive substance that killed Mr Litvinenko. It declined to ... >> full
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