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Special Report:
Ex-Russian spy
dies
BEIJING,
Dec. 12 (Xinhuanet) -- Andrei Lugovoi, a key witness in the probe into the death
of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko, was questioned on Monday by Russian
and British detectives, Itar-Tass news agency reported.
Scotland Yard detectives and Russian prosecutors
visited a Moscow hospital that specializes in treating radiation cases on Monday
and interrogated Andrei Lugovoi on the afternoon, the Russian news agency said.
Lugovoi told Itar-Tass that the questioning lasted
three hours. "I gave testimony exclusively as a witness. I was officially
informed of that before the interrogation," Itar-Tass quoted him as saying after
questioning.
The British investigators arrived in Moscow on Dec.
4. They and their Russian colleagues interviewed Russian businessman Dmitry
Kovtun, another key figure in the case, last week.
German investigators have been focusing on Kovtun
since traces of polonium-210, the radioactive element that killed Litvinenko,
were found in and around Hamburg last week.
Kovtun visited the city, where his ex-wife lives, on
the eve of his Nov. 1 trip to London, where he and Lugovoi met with Litvinenko.
Litvinenko said he fell ill that day and he died three weeks later.
Kovtun has also been diagnosed with radiation sickness.
(Agencies)
Germany doubts Russian involvement in
polonium
BERLIN, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- A German radiation expert
doubted Monday that Russia involved in the polonium-210 poisoning of former
Russian spy Alexander Litvenenko.
Sebastian Pflugbeil, president of the German Society for
Radiation Protection, told ARD national television that he would not rule out
the possibility that the poisoners had deliberately strewn traces of the isotope
in London and Hamburg to mislead people.
German police find "indications" of
radiation in Litvinenko's death probe
BERLIN, Dec. 9 (Xinhua) -- German police said on Saturday
they had found "indications" of radiation at two sites in and near Hamburg
related to a contact of poisoned former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko.
Witness in Litvinenko case suffering acute
radiation sickness
MOSCOW, Dec. 8 (Xinhua) -- The health of Dmitry Kovtun, a
witness in the case of the poisoning death of former spy
AlexandeLitvinenko,continued to deteriorate, the Interfax news agency reported
on Friday.
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