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Interpol Joins Investigation into Litvinenko’s Case
Russia’s National Central Bureau (NCB) of Interpol joined investigation into the poisoning murder of FSB former officer Alexander Litvinenko, said NCB chief Timur Lakhonin. “The cooperation has begun already,” Lakhonin told Mayak Broadcaster.
“Interpol, its capacities and channels will be used and have been used for the information interchange,” Lakhonin said as quoted by RBC.ru. “This interaction is being carried out in respect of the so-called case of Alexander Litvinenko.”
The initial suspicion that the former wife of Dmitry Kovtun, who is the witness in the poisoning murder of Alexander Litvinenko, her civil husband and two children were contaminated by polonium-210 hasn’t been confirmed yet. They are in a hospital now, but only for prevention purposes, Deutsche Welle reported.
A day before, German police opened an investigation into Russian businessman Dmitry Kovtun, the former officer of Russia’s special services. Kovtun is suspected in having brought polonium-210 to Germany in late October. The traces of radioactive substance were found in properties he used.
Nevertheless, German investigators don’t think they have enough proofs to present accusation to Kovtun, as he himself could have been poisoned by polonium-210.
Kovtun flew to London from Hamburg November 1, 2006 and met with Litvinenko on the same day, i.e. on the day when Litvinenko felt bad. Kovtun is in a Moscow hospital now with signs of radioactive poisoning. In this respect, of interest is the recent statement of FSB experts. They said that killers of Litvinenko would probably themselves die of radioactive poisoning in the near term.
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