Lugovoi
Nashi Pisses on Nemtsov
By Sean at 23 March, 2009, 8:59 am
A suspected murderer, an ex-KGB turned oligarch, and a “dissident” liberal are all part of what will prove to be a mayoral election of the year. The three aren’t the only candidates. Of course, every official Russian political party has thrown their hat into the race. The aforementioned Lugovoi will run on the LDPR ticket, [...]
Read More >>Litvinenko Murder Saga Continues
By Sean at 3 April, 2008, 12:33 pm
The recent flurry in the comments section over the polonium poisoning of Aleksandr Litvinenko has inspired me to revisit the issue. When I last left the case, it was reveled that Litvinenko was on retainer with MI6. Andrei Lugovoi, Britain’s chief suspect in the crime, was listed as a Duma candidate on the LDPR ticket. [...]
Read More >>An Apple a Day Keeps the Prosecutors Away
By Sean at 25 November, 2007, 11:34 am
Andrei Lugovoi has a trump card: becoming a Duma MP. If Zhirinovsky’s LDPR polls over the 7 percent threshold, which it is expected to do, Lugovoi will gain a seat in Russia’s legislature. Does a legislative seat worry ol’Andrei? What will he do for his constituency? These questions are only secondary [...]
Read More >>MI6 Bitch
By Sean at 29 October, 2007, 4:39 pm
So there you have it. Sounds like Andrei Lugovoi was right after all. The London Daily Mail revealed today that Alexandr Litvinenko was indeed a paid MI6 agent. Says the Mail:
Alexander Litvinenko was receiving a retainer of around £2,000 a month from the British security services at the time he was [...]
Read More >>Lugovoi the Liar
By Sean at 30 August, 2007, 11:15 pm
With all the hoopla around the Anna Politkovskaya murder case, we’ve forgotten to check in with good ol’Andrei Lugovoi to see how he’s doing. Whether valid or not the Politikovskaya murder is often linked with the Litvinenko murder with the following terms–dissident, “fierce Kremlin critic,” Berezovsky, Chechnya, KGB/FSB, and, of course, Putin.
Unlike the Politkovskaya [...]
Berezovsky-fest, Russia Responds
By Sean at 19 July, 2007, 4:49 pm
I promise to get on to other topics but with all the drama, which I am an avid sucker for, I feel compelled to continue. I am the moth to the flame.
It appears to be Berezovsky-fest in the Western press. A Google News search reveals hundreds of articles on the alleged assassination plot [...]
