[james500]

If these guys tell you the sky is blue, I'd strongly suggest checking it out for yourself.

[Youngman442002]

Now...we didn't do it..wink wink

[teacherwoes]

I'm sure the KGB doesn't (since it doesn't exist anymore)......but what about the FSU?

[Red6]

lol lol lol

Riiiiiiiiiiiiight.

[ozzymandus]

I believe Lenin and Stalin made similar claims.

[popdonnelly]

Outsourcing?

[Red6]

It was in 2004 when they were in the news for trying to poison the Presidential candidate of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko with another inconspicuous compound called dioxin. If you're going to Knock people off, at least pick something that is generic and off the shelf, not something like "POLONIUM" 209 or dioxin.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polonium

Sure, let’s go to the supermarket and buy some "POLONIUM". Give me a break; even a sudden break failure on a car like from some cheap Hollywood 60s flick would be more believable!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dioxin

The Ukraine issue for those living under a rock:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4088345.stm
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6697752

Truth is, the Russians were notorious for using "contact poisons to eliminate people all through the Cold War.

[adgirl]

No, the KGB just gives spies a "time out."

[Screamname]

Probably murdered by criminals. Uh yeah, as if criminals don`t have anything better to do.

"Hey Spike!"

"Yeah Boss!"

"I`m bored! How about we get some highly radioactive polonium and poison someone!"

"But what about robbin` da bank boss?"

"Nah, we did enough of that. Let`s try sometin` new!"

[alecqss]

"That was long ago. It belonged to the days of Stalin," Velichko told Die Welt newspaper.
And then - Velichko said the assassination of Bulgarian dissident writer Georgi Markov, killed in London with a poison dart shot from an umbrella in 1978, decades after Stalin's death, was probably the last one.

Then should the title be "Russia - probably - no longer murders spies: KGB veteran"? Probably.

[Mac1]

to be honest, I can't help but think that the Russian govt had nothing to do with this especially in this day and age; I mean, it doesn't do much for your image does it?

[Tailgunner Joe]

Kremlin's denials fall flat - This year the Duma, the lower house of the Russian parliament, passed laws allowing the Russian head of state to use special units to eliminate individuals regarded as a threat to Russian security wherever they are found.

Seventeen organisations have been named by Moscow as “terrorist” groups. The move was taken after four Russian diplomats were kidnapped and killed in Baghdad, provoking President Putin to ordered his security services to hunt down the killers and eliminate them.

Russia has always been able to send its armed forces abroad, including the notorious Soviet-era GRU, which dealt with all military intelligence. The new legislation would allow other branches of Russia’s security services to operate overseas, including Mr Putin’s own FSB (Federal Security Service), the successor to the KGB, which has taken the lead in counter-terrorism operations.

This month Mr Putin made it clear that Russia would not tolerate terrorist groups in Russia receiving support from abroad. In a speech at GRU headquarters he said that “decisive action must be taken to cut off channels of support and liquidate them”.

[xuberalles]

Okey dokey...and what organization did Putin work for?


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