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Spy widow points finger at Russia | Spy widow points finger at Russia |
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The widow of former KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko has said she believes the Russian authorities could have been behind his murder. | The widow of former KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko has said she believes the Russian authorities could have been behind his murder. |
Russia is planning its own inquiry but Marina Litvinenko, 44, told the Mail on Sunday she would not help it. | Russia is planning its own inquiry but Marina Litvinenko, 44, told the Mail on Sunday she would not help it. |
She said she was confident UK police would find out who killed her husband. | She said she was confident UK police would find out who killed her husband. |
Mrs Litvinenko said her husband's last words to her last month before he died of suspected polonium-210 poisoning were: "Marina, I love you so much." | Mrs Litvinenko said her husband's last words to her last month before he died of suspected polonium-210 poisoning were: "Marina, I love you so much." |
Two of the 26 police officers closely involved in the Litvinenko inquiry have tested positive for traces of that radioactive substance. | |
The Metropolitan Police said the polonium traces were "relatively small" and were "below defined safety limits". | |
Both officers are being monitored by health specialists. |