Litvinenko’s Assassination and Iran’s Nuclear Program Linked by…Putin’s Russia

Family Security Matters ^ | December 1, 2009 | Robin McFee

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Over the last week, Russia was again at the center of two important and contentious issues – both making headlines. One involves an increasingly chilly relationship between Russia and the United Kingdom, as the latter continues to press the former for information about the assassination of a British Citizen – Alexander Litvinenko, which by all accounts was likely carried out by Russians using a poison that was obtained in Russia – Polonium 210 (Po210). Which Russians committed the act, under the authority of whom and for what purpose, remain shrouded in mystery. The name Vladimir Putin is inextricably linked in the saga. The other issue – a nuclear Iran and Russia’s role in arming, protecting and advancing Tehran’s ambitions. The name Vladimir Putin should also be associated with the growing threat of Iran.