Shock twist to 'nuke' murder (Litvinenko)

The Sun (U.K.) ^ | Nov 29, 2006 | GRANT ROLLINGS

[DB]

Or his killer flew on some or all of those planes.

[GarySpFc]

Apparently the planes he traveled on were contaminated with Po210 on or about 10/24/06, before the restaurant episode (that's the start date of concern for the airline). I don't think he flew on the planes after Nov 1.
So it does not make a lot of sense that the "poisoning" happened Nov 1, unless he flew on the three 767s after that. Unless he had a bunch of Po in a leaky container.

The Russian SVR are not simpletons. If they brought the poison into the country they would have done so in diplomatic pouches. It would have been absolutely untraceable. Berezovsky has out done himself this time.

[Always A Marine]

Scaramella

Sounds like a Bond villain.

[thegreatbeast]

I'm with you. The straight dope about this wil a looooong time in coming to the fore.

[Prince Charles]

Sheesh, who's got a bigger body count list -- Putin or the Clintons?

[dr_lew]

Just because times have changed don't mean certain national psychologies and tactics have.

My thought exactly. The Russians are ogres, and will always be ogres. Prove me wrong.

[Bon mots]

But who ordered it?

Russian flu.

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[pepsi_junkie]

A slow-acting poison giving him plenty of time to talk to the press certainly isn't a KGB method of operation.

Unless the poisoning was done to send a message, a crystal clear message. This is a sensational and intriguing manner of murder, guaranteed to grab headlines for weeks. I cant imagine that this is an accident, poisoning can be done with much more ordinary materials this here. The poisoning was intended to create headlines. So who would want to do that? Perhaps a serial killer is motivated by that, but given that this guy is a former Russian spy and the poison is extremely unconventional, that's pretty unlikely. Two scenarios are possible then. Either it is what it appears to be, a killing by the Kremlin meant to send a message not to challenge Putin. OR it is a killing meant to appear like that by those who wish to create a perception that the Kremlin is evil and muderous (probably by enemies of Putin). I dont know which it is, but those are the only two cases which make sense, and both are compatible with this manner of killing.