Russia: Berezovsky's Partner Discusses Litvinenko Killing
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posted by zaina19 on November, 2006 as ANALYSIS / OPINION
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 11/27/2006 5:42 AM Sunday, November 26, 2006 Russia: Berezovsky's Partner Discusses Litvinenko Killing RFE/RL -- Exclusive interviews graphic, button, bug (RFE/RL) PRAGUE, November 26, 2006 (RFE/RL) -- On November 24, RFE/RL Russian Service correspondent Andrei Sharyi spoke with Yuly Dubov, a Russian businessman living in London and long-time business partner of former oligarch Boris Berezovsky, about the death of former Federal Security Service agent Aleksandr Litvinenko. RFE/RL: When did you last speak with Aleksandr Litvinenko? Yuly Dubov: He called me several times from the hospital to tell me how he was feeling. At the time he didn't know whether it as thalium or not. It is hard for me to say -- I'm not an investigator. A man was poisoned and he died. RFE/RL: What do you think of claims that the Russian secret services are involved in this case? Dubov: I know that this is the main scenario that is being discussed. In general, I think it makes sense. I don't look at the probability of events. ... >> full
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No Moscow encore for the Iron Curtain
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posted by zaina19 on as ANALYSIS / OPINION
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 11/27/2006 5:47 AM 27 November 2006 No Moscow encore for the Iron Curtain John Thornhill A ROGUE Russian spy is killed in mysterious circumstances in London. Some of the Russian president’s leading domestic opponents are exiled, imprisoned or murdered. The Kremlin, in the grip of a steely former KGB colonel, destabilises unfriendly neighbouring countries, temporarily severing gas supplies to Ukraine and bullying Georgia. Is this the start of a new Cold War? A useful point of departure is Winston Churchill’s famous speech in 1946 at Fulton, Missouri, which was widely seen as signalling the start of the real Cold War. The world has changed almost beyond imagination in the intervening 60 years; but some truths that Churchill spoke that day remain as valid as ever. Speaking freely, having been voted out of office the year before, Churchill warned the world of the “expansive and proselytising tendencies” of the Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin. “From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an ... >> full
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Former KGB agent's death fuels theories but little outrage
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Prev Discussion Next Discussion Send Replies to My Inbox Reply Recommend Message 1 of 1 in Discussion From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 11/27/2006 6:01 AM Spy sensation is old hat for tragic Russia Former KGB agent's death fuels theories but little outrage Matthew Fisher National Post Monday, November 27, 2006 CREDIT: Martin Hayhowa, AFP, Getty Images Alexander Litvinenko, pictured in London in 2004, fell ill on Nov. 1 after a meeting in a sushi restaurant. The West, especially the British media, has been buzzing over the poisoning death of Alexander Litvinenko, the former Soviet and Russian spy. But there has been barely a murmur of concern in the country that has fallen under suspicion for his cruel death. Whether Russia or Russians had any part in his murder, few here have an opinion or care. Not that the public knows much. The mostly state-controlled media were almost totally silent on the ugly affair until just before Mr. Litvinenko died, when they vehemently rejected innuendo concerning Russia's involvement. The official position has ... >> full
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Was spy murdered in Russian power fight?
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posted by zaina19 on as ANALYSIS / OPINION
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 11/27/2006 6:09 AM Was spy murdered in Russian power fight? POSTED: 6:15 a.m. EST, November 26, 2006 MOSCOW, Russia (Reuters) -- Forget the obvious conclusion that the Kremlin slowly and painfully poisoned former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko. Consider instead that he died in a bitter domestic power struggle which also included the murder of campaigning journalist Anna Politkovskaya last month. The theory may sound outlandish but it is shared by opponents of President Vladimir Putin living abroad and some of his supporters inside the country. Litvinenko, an ex-KGB spy, died in London on Thursday night after a three-week agony as his hair fell out, his body wasted away and internal organs failed. Doctors found traces of polonium 210, a deadly radioactive substance, in his body. "We hate Putin. The man is loathsome. But he is not stupid enough to have ordered the death of Litvinenko in such a slow and public way," an influential Russian emigre told Reuters, speaking on condition of anonymity. "The people who carried ... >> full
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Was former KGB agent murdered over false-flag terrorism within Russia?
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posted by zaina19 on as ANALYSIS / OPINION
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 11/27/2006 12:44 PM Was former KGB agent murdered over false-flag terrorism within Russia? Larisa Alexandrovna Raw Story Monday, November 27, 2006 Were a Russian journalist and an ex-KGB officer murdered over an investigation of the Beslan terrorist attack? Former KGB officer Alexander Litvinenko, who passed away late last week from what many intelligence officials have indicated they believe to be a state-sponsored assassination, was likely the victim of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service, Sluzhba Vneshney Razvedki (SVR), well-placed sources tell RAW STORY. Specifically, two former Cold War CIA officers, who still on occasion provide consulting work for the CIA, point to the S Directorate of SVR, which is in charge of black operations and other allegedly highly illegal transnational activities. They believe that the murders are closely tied to terrorist activities within Russia, and likely do involve Russian President Vladimir Putin. Litvinenko died of radiation poisoning from a rare and highly concentrated isotope, polonium-210. It is alleged that prior to the poisoning he had been in receipt ... >> full
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