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Spy Poisoning

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1.   Dec 7, 2006 1:17 AM

» dantilles - Spy Poisoning


Interesting to read your thoughts on the murder of Litvinenko. I definately agree that Russia today still has strong links with its past (Putin of course is ex-KGB himself). The problem is that this isn't 'just one story that happened to rise to the surface'. There are all to many convenient deaths happening in Russia at the moment. Journalistic and political opponents seem to have a convenient habit of ending up in a morgue or prison cell. You are probably right though that we're unlikely to ever hear the truth behind this murder, or many of the others. I do hope though that whatever the British investigation into this turns up, it won't be brushed under the carpet for the sake of good relations with Russia. It's one thing if the Kremlin bumps off political opponents at home, quite another if it does it on foreign territory (and causing harm to forign citizens at the same time).

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