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The Litvinenko Inquiry

Report into the death of Alexander Litvinenko

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[W.Z. The reader is urged to click on the pdf link to read the very meticulous, readable and clickable report prepared by Justice Robert Owen. The report clearly implicates Vladimir Putin and the Russian FSB in the radioactive Polonium 210 poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko in London on 01Nov2006 and his subsequent agonizing death on 23Nov2006. From the Ukrainan perspective, Russian/Soviet assassinations of Ukrainian political leaders has been common place over the centuries. In the 20th century, Simon Petliura, Evhen Konovalets, Lev Rebet, Stepan Bandera come to mind, as explained in an article by Lubomyr Prytulak. One wonders if the strange unusual deaths of Canadian Supreme Court Judge John Sopinka (1997.11.24) and Canadian Governor General Ramon Hnatyshyn (2002.12.18) shortly after returning from trips to Ukraine could be attributed to the same source.

Also archived on this website are a book by Litvinenko/Felshtinsky on FSB contract killings and a book by Alex Goldfarb and Marina Litvinenko on Mr.Litvinenko's death.]

Introductory

Part 1 Preface 7

Part 2 Introduction 9

Open narrative evidence

Part 3 Alexander Litvinenko – his life in Russia and the United Kingdom, his illness and death 13

Chapter 1 In Russia 13
Chapter 2 Leaving Russia 26
Chapter 3 In the United Kingdom 29
Chapter 4 Illness and death 33
Chapter 5 Scientific examination of Alexander Litvinenko’s body 45

Part 4 Why would anyone wish to kill Alexander Litvinenko? 51

Chapter 1 Introduction 51
Chapter 2 Enemy of the Russian State? 52
Chapter 3 Work for UK intelligence agencies 63
Chapter 4 Work for the Mitrokhin Commission in Italy 68
Chapter 5 Work for the Spanish security services 72
Chapter 6 Private security work 74

Part 5 Alexander Litvinenko’s final months 85

Chapter 1 Introduction 85
Chapter 2 The 2006 Russian laws 86
Chapter 3 Continued opposition to President Putin 92
Chapter 4 Did Alexander Litvinenko fall out with and/or attempt to blackmail Boris Berezovsky? 94
Chapter 5 The Ivanov report 100
Chapter 6 The murder of Anna Politkovskaya 104
Chapter 7 British citizenship 106
Chapter 8 Alexander Litvinenko’s state of mind in October 2006 108

Part 6 The polonium trail – events in October and November 2006 109

Chapter 1 Introduction 109
Chapter 2 Introduction to the scientific evidence 110
Chapter 3 Dmitri Kovtun 113
Chapter 4 Visa applications 117
Chapter 5 Events in London 16-18 October 121
Chapter 6 Events in London 25-28 October 141
Chapter 7 Events in Hamburg 28 October – 1 November 148
Chapter 8 Events in London 31 October – 3 November 155

Closed evidence
Part 7 The closed evidence 181

Findings as to responsibility for death
Part 8 Who killed Alexander Litvinenko? 183

Chapter 1 Introduction 183
Chapter 2 Medical cause of death 184
Chapter 3 Where did Alexander Litvinenko ingest polonium 210 on 1 November 2006? 186
Chapter 4 Was there an earlier ingestion of polonium 210? 18
Chapter 5 Did Alexander Litvinenko poison himself? 189
Chapter 6 Who administered the poison? 192

Part 9 Who directed the killing? 209

Chapter 1 Introduction 209
Chapter 2 Boris Berezovsky 210
Chapter 3 UK intelligence agencies 211
Chapter 4 Organised crime 212
Chapter 5 Mario Scaramella, Chechen groups, Alexander Talik 213
Chapter 6 Russian State responsibility – introduction 214
Chapter 7 Russian State responsibility – the source of the polonium 210 216
Chapter 8 Russian State responsibility – motive and evidence of similar deaths and killings 227
Chapter 9 Russian State responsibility – links between Andrey Lugovoy and Dmitri Kovtun and the Russian State 234
Chapter 10 Russian State responsibility – events since Alexander Litvinenko’s death 235
Chapter 11 Conclusions regarding Russian State responsibility 239
Chapter 12 Russian State responsibility – involvement of Nikolai Patrushev and President Vladimir Putin 241

Conclusions
Part 10 Summary of conclusions 245

Appendices

Appendix 1 The history of the Inquiry and procedures adopted 247
Appendix 2 Terms of Reference 265
Appendix 3 List of Issues 267
Appendix 4 Chronology 271
Appendix 5 Dramatis personae 283
Appendix 6 Abbreviations 295
Appendix 7 Restriction Notices and Orders 297
Appendix 8 Key documents 315
Appendix 9 List of witnesses 319
Appendix 10 List of Inquiry staff and counsel 323
Appendix 11 List of core participants and legal representatives 325
Appendix 12 Closed appendices 327

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The Litvinenko Inquiry

Contents

Open narrative evidence

Appendices