He had gone to the room with Kovtun and another former Russian agent, Andrei Lugovoy.
The three men were joined in the room later by the mystery figure who was introduced as 'Vladislav'.
Gordievsky told The Times yesterday how 'Vladislav' was described as someone who could help Litvinenko win a lucrative contract with a Moscow-based private security company.
'Sasha (his name for Litvinenko) remembered the man making him a cup of tea.'
'His belief is that the water from the kettle was only lukewarm and that the polonium-210 was added, which heated the drink through radiation so he had a hot cup of tea. The poison would have showed up in a cold drink,' he added.
The hotel room where Litvinenko thought he was poisoned remains sealed off. This room reportedly showed the heaviest concentration of polonium-210 found at a dozen locations across London."
Amazing. Another classic Russian who-done-it. I infer that the Kremlin continues to believe that Litvinenko himself was involved in a plot to poison Nevzlin and other Yukos officials. Although the canvas is certainly not yet dry as concerns this entire affair, every detail is captivating.
".....the heaviest concentration of polonium-210 found at a dozen locations across London."
Ya know...if I was trying to smuggle a LOT of plutonium into the country...and knew it would leave a trail.........well I might just scatter a few red herrin...oops bodies around and hope that Scotland Yard would be pre-occupied with the mureder end of it......