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30

Polonium Shopping Spree

November 30, 2006 | 1 Comment

ABC News is reporting that Polonium-210 can be purchased over the internet:
Polonium-210, the radioactive substance that killed former Russian agent Alexander Litvinenko, is easily available on the Internet, but it could take $1 million to amass a lethal amount, according to leading authorities.
Polonium-210 isotopes are offered online by a number of companies, including United […]

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Nov

30

Gaidar Radar

November 30, 2006 | Leave a Comment

RIA Novosti is reporting that doctors have “deemed” that Yegor Gaidar was poisoned, but the nature of the poison has yet to be determined. What is interesting about this report, is that it quotes no doctor, only Gaidar’s press secretary, Valery Natarov. The report reads:

Doctors deem poisoning cause of Gaidar’s illness - […]

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Nov

29

The Litvinenko Bandwagon

November 29, 2006 | 11 Comments

I wonder if the “famous people always die in threes” applies in Russia because it appears that according to some the Litvinenko poisoning is beginning to inspire a rash of mysterious illnesses among Russia’s rich and famous. Or so implies the Financial Times in regard to the “mysterious illness” that has befallen Yegor Gaidar.
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Nov

29

Litvinenko Smuggled "Nuclear Material" for the FSB?

November 29, 2006 | 6 Comments

I have no idea what to make of this report. That is except that this whole affair is getting stranger and stranger . . . and if true, scarier and scarier.

Litvinenko ’smuggled nuclear material’
By Cahal Milmo, Peter Popham and Jason Bennetto
Published: 29 November 2006

Alexander Litvinenko, the poisoned former Russian […]

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Nov

28

Putin’s "Light Calvary"

November 28, 2006 | 13 Comments

In his speech to the 8th Komsomol Congress in 1928, Nikolai Bukharin called for new methods for fighting bureaucratism in Soviet institutions. While there were already groups like the “Group for the Struggle Against Bureaucratism,” the “Help Groups of the RKI (Workers’ and Peasants’ Inspectorate)”, and a variety of “shock brigades” to fight bureaucratic […]

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Nov

27

The Litvinenko Obsession

November 27, 2006 | 16 Comments

The English language press is obsessed with the who, what, where, when, why, and how of Alexander Litvinenko’s death. A Google news search turns up thousands of articles, whether they are original compositions or reprints of syndicated reports. And with that the web of connections between Litvinenko and the numerous players in the […]

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Nov

25

Litvinenko’s Murder, or Кто кого?

November 25, 2006 | Leave a Comment

It is rather old news to report that Alexander Litvinenko died of radiation poisoning in London. The news, after all, is everywhere. Even CNN has made it the main story on their website. That is until a flood or car crash occurs. The question now inevitably becomes: Who did it? And […]

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Nov

25

Litvinenko’s Murder, or ??? ?????

November 25, 2006 | 21 Comments

It is rather old news to report that Alexander Litvinenko died of radiation poisoning in London. The news, after all, is everywhere. Even CNN has made it the main story on their website. That is until a flood or car crash occurs. The question now inevitably becomes: Who did it? And […]

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Nov

23

Amnesty Documents Uses of Torture by Russian Police

November 23, 2006 | 7 Comments

Last week it was Human Rights Watch’s report on how Ramzan Kadyrov’s “anti-terrorist” forces use torture, secret detention, and kidnapping to intimidate and terrorize Chechens. Now Amnesty International has a report on how the Russian police use torture to extract confessions from suspects. Despite efforts to crackdown on police abuse, the report states […]

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Nov

22

The Litvinenko Affair and the Jump to Conspiracy

November 22, 2006 | 15 Comments

Today’s Kommersant has a detailed report on the Litvinenko Affair. Most reports now concede that Litvinenko was not poisoned by thallium because his symptoms don’t match the poison, but do agree he was poisoned by something and by someone. The rapid deterioration of his health doesn’t suggest otherwise. The speculation about who […]

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