Posted January 21, 2016 8:05 PM ET; Last updated January 22, 2016 5:08 PM ET
Alexander Litvinenko, a former Russian intelligence agent
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[From article]
Vladamir Putin may have ordered the murder of Alexander Litvinenko after he claimed the Russian President was a practising paedophile, it was revealed today.
Mr Litvinenko accused his rival of abusing children just weeks before two assassins slipped radioactive polonium 210 into his cup of tea in a London hotel in October 2006.
The former Russian spy, who joined MI6, wrote in an article: 'He (Putin) was a paedophile' and said a picture of the president kissing the stomach of a young boy near the Kremlin was the evidence.
Describing the incident on the Chechenpress website in July 2006 he said: 'Putin kneeled, lifted the boy’s T-shirt and kissed his stomach. Nobody can understand why the Russian president did such a strange thing as kissing the stomach of an unfamiliar small boy'.
Feud: Alexander Litvinenko accused his rival of abusing children and said a picture of Putin kissing a boy's stomach (right) proved it just weeks before two assassins slipped radioactive polonium 210 into his cup of tea in a London hotel in October 2006.
Litvinenko also taunted Putin by claiming a film of him abusing young boys existed.
Sir Robert Owen said today in a major report on his murder that Mr Putin 'probably' ordered it and admitted Litvinenko's 'highly personal attacks' may be a motive for his death.[. . .]
Mr Litvinenko - who had accused the Russian president on his death bed - was killed by two FSB spies who slipped radioactive polonium 210 into his tea pot at a Mayfair hotel in central London, Sir Robert Owen said today in a major report.
Prime Minister David Cameron today said the report outlined what happened was 'absolutely appalling' but he admitted the Syria crisis meant Britain had to have a relationship with Russia albeit one with 'clear eyes and a cold heart'.
Mr Cameron said the last Labour government had reacted properly to the killing in 2007 once the 'state sponsored nature of the assassination had become clear.
He said the Government had done the right thing today by ensuring Interpol warrants were in place the assassins and freezing their UK assets.
But as the war of words escalated, a spokesman for Putin said 'such a quasi-investigation such as the one being talked about today undoubtedly is able only to still further poison the atmosphere of our bilateral relations'.
[From article]
Vladamir Putin may have ordered the murder of Alexander Litvinenko after he claimed the Russian President was a practising paedophile, it was revealed today.
Mr Litvinenko accused his rival of abusing children just weeks before two assassins slipped radioactive polonium 210 into his cup of tea in a London hotel in October 2006.
The former Russian spy, who joined MI6, wrote in an article: 'He (Putin) was a paedophile' and said a picture of the president kissing the stomach of a young boy near the Kremlin was the evidence.
Describing the incident on the Chechenpress website in July 2006 he said: 'Putin kneeled, lifted the boy’s T-shirt and kissed his stomach. Nobody can understand why the Russian president did such a strange thing as kissing the stomach of an unfamiliar small boy'.
Feud: Alexander Litvinenko accused his rival of abusing children and said a picture of Putin kissing a boy's stomach (right) proved it just weeks before two assassins slipped radioactive polonium 210 into his cup of tea in a London hotel in October 2006.
Litvinenko also taunted Putin by claiming a film of him abusing young boys existed.
Sir Robert Owen said today in a major report on his murder that Mr Putin 'probably' ordered it and admitted Litvinenko's 'highly personal attacks' may be a motive for his death.[. . .]
Mr Litvinenko - who had accused the Russian president on his death bed - was killed by two FSB spies who slipped radioactive polonium 210 into his tea pot at a Mayfair hotel in central London, Sir Robert Owen said today in a major report.
Prime Minister David Cameron today said the report outlined what happened was 'absolutely appalling' but he admitted the Syria crisis meant Britain had to have a relationship with Russia albeit one with 'clear eyes and a cold heart'.
Mr Cameron said the last Labour government had reacted properly to the killing in 2007 once the 'state sponsored nature of the assassination had become clear.
He said the Government had done the right thing today by ensuring Interpol warrants were in place the assassins and freezing their UK assets.
But as the war of words escalated, a spokesman for Putin said 'such a quasi-investigation such as the one being talked about today undoubtedly is able only to still further poison the atmosphere of our bilateral relations'.
Marina Litvinenko, holding a copy of today's report, has urged the British government to take harsh action against Russia based on the findings.
Mr Litvinenko's widow Marina urged Britain to impose sanctions on Russia has a result of the findings which today prompted the Russian Ambassador to claim there had been a 'whitewash' to cover up the 'incompetence' of the UK's security services.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3409405/Inquiry-says-Litvinenko-killed-Putin-s-spies.html
Putin ordered Litvinenko's murder after he accused Russian President of being a PAEDOPHILE: Murdered KGB spy claimed there was video of him molesting underage boys
Litvinenko claimed Putin 'was a paedophile' filmed abusing young boys
Murder victim also claimed president kissing boy's stomach was evidence
Four months after bombshell article Litvinenko was poisoned in hotel
New report into Litvinenko's murder blamed two Russian spies
Putin may have ordered his death because of vicious war of words, it says
Moscow mocks it as 'British humour' and ambassador calls it a whitewash
PM ways UK's relationship with Russia is with 'clear eyes and a cold heart'
By TIM SCULTHORPE, MAILONLINE DEPUTY POLITICAL EDITOR and MARTIN ROBINSON, UK CHIEF REPORTER and ARTHUR MARTIN FOR THE DAILY MAIL
PUBLISHED: 20:09 EST, 20 January 2016 | UPDATED: 07:24 EST, 22 January 2016
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[From article]
The Russian government likely ordered Alexander Litvinenko’s assassination in part because he accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of being a pedophile, a British inquiry concluded Thursday.
In the 300-page report, retired High Court judge Sir Robert Owen said Putin “probably” ordered the hit against Alexander Litvinenko, and used his position as head of Russian intelligence to destroy video evidence of himself having sex with underage boys — which was “the climax” of a bitter feud between the two men.
Owen said the personal attacks were among the “powerful motives” for the assassination.
“I am satisfied that, in general terms, members of the Putin administration, including the president himself and the FSB [Russia’s Federal Security Service], had motives for taking action against Litvinenko, including killing him,” Owen wrote.
The former spy’s “highly personal attacks” on the Russian strongman appeared in an article on the Chechenpress website four months before he was poisoned, the Independent reported.
His piece, which was published as evidence in Owen’s report, described a meeting between Putin and a boy “aged four or five” near the Kremlin.
“Putin kneeled, lifted the boy’s T-shirt and kissed his stomach,” Litvinenko wrote.
“Nobody can understand why the Russian president did such a strange thing as kissing the stomach of an unfamiliar small boy.”
[. . .]
The report found that ex-KGB bodyguard Andrei Lugovoy and another Russian, Dmitry Kovtun, carried out the November 2006 assassination in London’s Millennium Hotel, dumping massive amounts of polonium-210 into Litvinenko’s tea, as part of an operation probably directed by the FSB.
[. . .]
“Maybe this is a joke,” Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. “More likely it can be attributed to fine British humor — the fact that an open public inquiry is based on the classified data of special services, unnamed special services.”
http://nypost.com/2016/01/21/murdered-ex-spy-accused-putin-of-pedophilia/
Ex-KGB spy was killed because he claimed Putin was a pedophile
By Yaron Steinbuch
New York Post
January 21, 2016 | 12:12pm | Updated
In the 300-page report, retired High Court judge Sir Robert Owen said Putin “probably” ordered the hit against Alexander Litvinenko, and used his position as head of Russian intelligence to destroy video evidence of himself having sex with underage boys — which was “the climax” of a bitter feud between the two men.
Owen said the personal attacks were among the “powerful motives” for the assassination.
“I am satisfied that, in general terms, members of the Putin administration, including the president himself and the FSB [Russia’s Federal Security Service], had motives for taking action against Litvinenko, including killing him,” Owen wrote.
The former spy’s “highly personal attacks” on the Russian strongman appeared in an article on the Chechenpress website four months before he was poisoned, the Independent reported.
His piece, which was published as evidence in Owen’s report, described a meeting between Putin and a boy “aged four or five” near the Kremlin.
“Putin kneeled, lifted the boy’s T-shirt and kissed his stomach,” Litvinenko wrote.
“Nobody can understand why the Russian president did such a strange thing as kissing the stomach of an unfamiliar small boy.”
[. . .]
The report found that ex-KGB bodyguard Andrei Lugovoy and another Russian, Dmitry Kovtun, carried out the November 2006 assassination in London’s Millennium Hotel, dumping massive amounts of polonium-210 into Litvinenko’s tea, as part of an operation probably directed by the FSB.
[. . .]
“Maybe this is a joke,” Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. “More likely it can be attributed to fine British humor — the fact that an open public inquiry is based on the classified data of special services, unnamed special services.”
http://nypost.com/2016/01/21/murdered-ex-spy-accused-putin-of-pedophilia/
Ex-KGB spy was killed because he claimed Putin was a pedophile
By Yaron Steinbuch
New York Post
January 21, 2016 | 12:12pm | Updated
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