CLOAK AND DAGGER

Alexander Litvinenko, before and after poisoning.

Moscow to blame for poisoning, KGB director says

Former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko, who had been fighting for his life in recent days after an apparent poisoning, has died.
In an interview just hours before he slipped into unconsciousness, Mr Litvinenko whispered: "The bastards got me, but they won't get everybody".
The Kremlin said on Friday the ex-spy's death was a "tragedy" but was now a matter for British police to investigate.
Litvinenko, a fierce critic of Putin, first began to feel ill on November 1, after having tea with two Russians at a central London hotel, followed by lunch at a London sushi bar with an Italian academic.

The former Russian spy London, has been a very public thorn in the side of Russian President Vladimir Putin, blaming the President for ramping up the violence in Chechnya and ordering the assassination of his opponents.
Now a KGB defector has told AM he has no doubt that Moscow ordered Mr Litvinenko's poisoning, which could set the scene for Britain's biggest ever clash with President Putin's Russia.
Some reports have it Mr Litvinenko was investigating the recent shooting of Russian Journalist Anna Politkovskaya

Alexander Litvinenko's vocal and constant derision of President Putin immediately had his friends claiming he was poisoned by the FSB (former KGB) or some other intelligence agency in Moscow.