LONDON – The most sensational spy tale since the Cold War landed in a London court on Tuesday as inquiry hearings began to examine alleged Russian state involvement in the radiation poisoning death of Alexander Litvinenko.The former agent with Russia’s FSB security service, who was doing work for Britain’s MI6, was killed with Polonium-210 and the case was referred to at the time as the world’s first act of nuclear terrorism.British police believe that the radioactive isotope was stirred into Litvinenko’s tea by Andrei Lugovoi and Dmitri Kovtun, two acquaintances visiting from Moscow, at a meeting in a London hotel …read more
Source: AsiaOne
