Marina Litvinenko, widow of Alexander Litvinenko, who died after he was was poisoned with Polonium 210
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Litvinenko’s Widow Appeals to Medvedev
The widow of Alexander Litvinenko, the FSB officer who died of polonium poisoning, made an appeal to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Wednesday “to turn a dark page of Russian history” and reveal the truth about her husband’s death. "Mr. President, today there is no bigger stain on the reputation of the Russian state than my husband's murder," wrote Marina Litvinenko, as quoted by Agence France Presse. “You have the opportunity to reveal the secret of this crime to the world, to name the instigators and the perpetrators, and to turn this dark page of Russian history."
"This will help you distance yourself from the legacy of the previous regime and to begin your rule with a clean slate,” Mrs. Litvinenko continues. “If you do not do it, all predictions of your dependence would unfortunately be confirmed. You will become a hostage of the people who committed a barbaric act of terror."
Former FSB colonel Alexander Litvinenko was granted political asylum in Great Britain, where he died in November 2006. An autopsy showed that he had been poisoned by radioactive polonium 210. Scotland Yard investigators concluded that businessman Andrey Lugovoi could have been Litvinenko’s killer and sent an extradition request to the Prosecutor General of Russia’s office. The Russian Constitution prohibits Lugovoi’s extradition. The situation caused a serious chill in diplomatic relations between Russian and Great Britain.
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