Almost 16 years after the poisoning of Kremlin opponent Alexander Litvinenko in London, Dmitry Kovtun, accused by British justice, has died. The businessman died at the age of 57 from the effects of a corona disease, the Russian state agency TASS reports. Saturday. Kovtun, who had lived in Germany for a while, is said to have killed Litvinenko with the polonium-210 radiation poison. The photos of the visible marked radiation victim went around the world at the time.
Another suspect, Andrei Lugowoj, a member of parliament in Russia, confirmed the death on his news channel Telegram. “My good and faithful friend Dmitri Kovtun passed away prematurely. This is an irreplaceable and heavy loss for us,” said Lugovoy. He and Kovtun are suspected by British justice of the murder of former Russian intelligence officer Litvinenko, who would later provide British intelligence with information, in 2006 with the radioactive substance polonium. 210. From his sickbed, Litvinenko accused President Vladimir Putin of being behind the assassination, who died in November 2006 in the worst torture caused by the radiation.
Never delivered in the UK
Kovtun, Lugovoy and the Russian authorities have denied having anything to do with the death. Former intelligence agent Lugovoy and Kovtun met Litvinenko for tea at the Hotel Millennium in London’s upscale Mayfair. According to a British investigative report, Litvinenko, who was considered a traitor in the Kremlin, was poisoned there. The two suspects returned to Russia after the crime and evaded British justice.
Source: Krone
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