turned into a vocal critic of russia,. when he was poisoned in london, it made headlines around the world. a lethal toxin in a cup of tea. it was a tiny little dirty bomb. it s nuclear terrorism. why was he? kilter unravel the mystery, we follow the tale of a dark conspiracy. are you frightened for your life? will me and confront the pain prime suspect. did you put polonium in the tea? and now, is a danger coming closer? we re two men may think waiting in the bushes. one man said shooting. an attack on the expert helping us with this story. people say it s never going to happen here. i know that can happen here, because it happened to my husband. , dateline . former russian agent, alexander litvinenko former russian agent jim alexander litvinenko was a four critic of the russian government. but in his world, existent formation could make you a very rich man or a dead one. his murder set off an international investigation to discover who wanted in silen
the former fbi agent clint watts was called to testify before the committee. follow the trail of dead russians. there is been more dead russians in the past three months that are tied to this investigation, who have assets in banks all over the world. they are dropping dead, even in western countries. so much of this intrigue and violence may seem very far away. that when nbc news consultant paul joyal was shot just a few miles from the capitol, he and his wife immediately thought it was a hit. a big reason? the timing. it s four days after of i ve accused the president of being responsible for the horrible murder of litvinenko, on your network. in early 2007, joyal appeared in a dateline report on the litvinenko case. did putin ordering? did he know it. can t say that. can t say that
their handling. because you don t want them to know? but they could ve done a better job of not spreading it over the case. if they knew, they also might see no. there s no way i m going to do that. i don t want to handle this radio active i m not going to kill myself in the process. to get closer to the truth about who killed litvinenko, we had to talk to the suspects themselves. andrei lugovoi and dmitry kovtun. in kovtun s case, it was an easy. a few weeks after litvinenko died of polonium poisoning, kovtun was hospitalized and lost all his here. he hasn t been seen publicly since 2012. that left lugovoi. when we got here, he didn t want to speak to us. but on the second day of our trip, he called and said he was ready to talk. coming up we ask the question the world wants answered. did you put polonium in the tea? when dateline continues.
putin. do you think it would be realistic to think putin. do you think it would be realistic to think that putin. do you think it would be realistic to think that there - realistic to think that there will be an answer to this at some point, that it will be found that it was a poison attack, and this is the poison that was used? will that sort of information ever get out, do you think? if of information ever get out, do you think? you think? if it turns out these chemicals - you think? if it turns out these chemicals stay - you think? if it turns out these chemicals stay in l you think? if it turns out i these chemicals stay in the human system a lot longer, and they do, we were able to establish. inaudible. despite the fact the negotiators and abramovich have not been able to undergo medical testing, there is still some chance that toxicology might reveal the ultimate origins. might reveal the ultimate ori . ins. , origins. remember in the litvinenko case, - origins. remember in
russians. there is been more dead russians in the past three months that are tied to this investigation, who have assets in banks all over the world. they are dropping dead, even in western countries. so much of this intrigue and violence may seem very far away. that when nbc news consultant paul joyal was shot just a few miles from the capitol, he and his wife immediately thought it was a hit. a big reason? the timing. it s four days after of accused the president of being responsible for the horrible murder of litvinenko, on your network. in early 2007, joyal appeared in a dateline report on the litvinenko case. did putin ordering? did he know it. can t say that. i would find it hard to believe that this information would ever, has not filtered its way to the top. just four days later, he was almost murdered himself. do you think the related?