Polonium-210

Type: Keyphrase

Name: Polonium-210

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 3 reports

Former "Russian spy" willing to testify on Litvinenko's death – report

Tags: Testimony, Witness, Trial, Federal Security Service, UK, LondonMOSCOW, May 20 (RAPSI) - An individual referred to as a “US-based former Russian spy” and a key witness in the investigation of the 2006 death by polonium-210 poisoning of former Russian ... [Published RAPSI - May 20 2013]

Entities: Alexander Litvinenko, Robert Owen, Andrei Lugovoi, Polonium-210, Inquest

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 2 reports

Litvinenko UK inquest in doubt after Russian evidence excluded

LONDON: The inquest into the death in Britain of Russian dissident Alexander Litvinenko was close to collapse Saturday after the coroner ruled he could not hear evidence about the alleged role of the Kremlin in his poisoning.Litvinenko’s widow Marina ... [Published Borneo Post Online - May 19 2013]

Entities: Alexander Litvinenko, Inquest, United Kingdom, Marina Litvinenko, Robert Owen

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

FSB Federal Security Service of Russia

UK accused of cover-up on Litvinenko

The widow of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko has accused the British government of seeking to strike a "secret political deal with the Kremlin" after an inquest into his death abandoned its search for the truth.Marina Litvinenko said she was "utterly ... [Published Press tv - May 18 2013]

Entities: Alexander Litvinenko, Marina Litvinenko, United Kingdom, FSB Federal Security Service of Russia, UK Government

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 11 reports

Andrei Lugovoy

Litvinenko widow calls for inquiry

The widow of former KGB spy Alexander Litvinenko has called for the upcoming inquest into his death to be abandoned and replaced with a public inquiry.Marina Litvinenko said it was the only way to find the truth about the death of her husband, who was ... [Published BBC - May 18 2013]

Entities: Alexander Litvinenko, Inquest, Andrei Lugovoy, Dimitri Kovtun, Marina Litvinenko

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Vladimir Putin

UK inquest into ex-Russian spy's death may be scrapped

Robert Owen, a senior judge acting as coroner, said on Friday keeping some of the evidence secret would make it impossible to hold a "full, fair and fearless inquiry" into the death of the vocal critic of Russian leader Vladimir Putin.Litvinenko, 43, ... [Published NewsRT.co.uk - May 17 2013]

Entities: Inquest, United Kingdom, Robert Owen, Vladimir Putin

First reported May 03 2013 - Updated May 03 2013 - 1 reports

Five Weird Spy Deaths That Are Stranger Than Fiction

A similar gym bag as that in which Gareth Williams' body was found.British intelligence agent Gareth Williams was found dead in August 2010. Williams, suffocated or possibly poisoned, was discovered in the bathtub of his top-secret London spy flat — sealed ... [Published TruTV.com - May 03 2013]

Entities: Gareth Williams, Roberto Calvi, Georgi Markov, Alexander Litvinenko, Polonium-210

First reported May 01 2013 - Updated May 01 2013 - 1 reports

52 samples in Mutula death probe

Doctors collected 52 samples for testing to establish the cause of Makueni Senator Mutula Kilonzo’s death. A source close to the family and a doctor involved in the investigations said they would conduct a wide range of tests, including for the sophisticated ... [Published Daily Nation - May 01 2013]

Entities: Polonium-210, Poison, Polonium, Alexander Litvinenko

First reported May 01 2013 - Updated May 01 2013 - 1 reports

Mutula’s death: Investigators to look for traces of polonium 210

In an effort to get to the root cause of the death of Makueni Senator Mutula Kilonzo, experts are examining everything including the possibilities of traces of the lethal substance known as Polonium 210. This comes a day after a post-mortem involving ... [Published NTV Kenya - May 01 2013]

Entities: Polonium-210, Mutula Kilonzo

First reported Apr 29 2013 - Updated Apr 29 2013 - 1 reports

Bad Blood

There’s a murder mystery tradition – perhaps inspired by Agatha Christie – of poison slipped into a cup of tea. Christie characters dropped more than once after sipping a lethal cup, in full length books such as The Hollow and in short stories such as ... [Published Wired News - Apr 29 2013]

Entities: Agatha Christie, Marie Curie, Homicide, Poison

First reported Apr 19 2013 - Updated Apr 19 2013 - 1 reports

Litvinenko case hearing to resume on April 30

Tags: Murder, Investigation, UK, LondonLONDON, April 19 (RAPSI) - The next hearing over former security agent Alexander Litvinenko's death will take place on April 30 in London, a website devoted to the case reported on Friday."The new hearing to consider ... [Published RAPSI - Apr 19 2013]

Entities: Alexander Litvinenko, Andrei Lugovoi, Royal Courts of Justice, Polonium-210

First reported Mar 14 2013 - Updated Mar 14 2013 - 2 reports

Litvinenko inquest delayed by 5 months

Coroner says extra time is needed to translate material on case of ex-KGB agent who died six years ago after his tea with radioactive polonium 210 ... [Published FT.com - UK News - Mar 14 2013]

Entities: Inquest, Polonium-210

First reported Mar 12 2013 - Updated Mar 12 2013 - 1 reports

@samaccat @ninaivanovna He died of Polonium 210 poisoning

@samaccat @ninaivanovna He died of Polonium 210 poisoning ... [Published BBCDanielS Daniel Sandford Twitter - Mar 12 2013]

Entities: Polonium-210, Poison

Quotes

In a judgment published Friday, Owen wrote "My provisional view is that to entertain these issues on the basis of the available open evidence, but to disregard the national security] evidence... would be to fail to discharge my duty to undertake a full, fair and fearless inquiry into the circumstances of Mr Litvinenko's death.”"

Former "Russian spy" willing to testify on Litvinenko's death – report [Published RAPSI - May 20 2013]

"As far as I know, they are actively participating in it, flying to London" he said

Former Russian spy to testify on Alexander Litvinenko ‘killing’ [Published Voice of Russia - May 20 2013]

..." Without being able to assess all the evidence in open hearings, Owen said he would be unable to "discharge my duty to undertake a full, fair and fearless inquiry into the circumstances." Those involved have two weeks to respond and a further hearing is due on June 11

British Inquest Into Litvinenko's Death May Be Scrapped [Published Moscow Times - May 20 2013]

A spokesman for the Litvinenko inquest declined to comment, saying only: "It’s too early to say who will be called as witnesses to the inquest."

Former Russian spy 'would give evidence' to public inquiry into killing of Alexander Litvinenko [Published The Independent - May 19 2013]

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