am i crazy? but scotland yard s detectives don t believe lugovoi s denials. in fact, they think he tried to kill litvinenko more than once. that s because they found polonium on the table in a conference room where he and litvinenko had met two weeks before the pine bar encounter. was anything spilled on the table? richard. you re asking questions. i remember some things. i don t remember other things. i cannot answer these questions because these can be used against me in a court, which is done frequently. as for his last meeting with litvinenko at the pine bar, lugovoi says there is no way he bought polonium on that trip because his wife and children were with him. a persons we can spot is his family. and i m a rational man. even if i had taken part in an operation, even if i had known what was in a container, would i take my family along? i m a rational man.
yes. you didn t poison? absolutely not. from his perspective, it does make sense. no, sure. everything is very strange. he had been working for the italian government and sometimes used litvinenko as a source for investigations into the russian mob and spy rings. he was giving you names of russian mafia members? yes. who are connected to the intelligence service? exactly. something that was short to upset both the mobsters and the fsb. scaramella told us that in that an october october dads and six, the month before litvinenko was poisoned, he began receiving frightening emails. the final message arrived on the very day of his last meeting with litvinenko. and what did that message? say? look, there are people ready to kill you. the emails amounted to a hit list. the next name up alexander. as in, litvinenko.
all to work for the fsb. proportion. both had served time in jail. he and litvinenko both used to work for the fsb. it was a bond between them. had lugovoi done very well in both had served time in jail. business after that and open a it was a bond between them. security consulting firm. had lugovoi done very well in he says he and litvinenko met business after that and open a several times in london to security consulting firm. discuss doing business there together. he says he and litvinenko met including that now infamous several times in london to meeting in the pine bar, were discuss doing business there together. scotland yard says litvinenko was poisoned. lugovoi says the meeting was including that now infamous meeting in the pine bar, we are scotland yard says linfa nato said was poisoned. lugovoi says the meeting was no big deal. so what do you remember about sitting there at the table? i remember that we talked with litvinenko about nothing in particular. and now for eig
anne applebaum, a pulitzer prize-winning author, an expert on russia. i think that anything litvinenko was doing that came close to the source of putin s personal wealth, would have been by far the most dangerous thing that he could do. in addition to a possible motive, there was also the means. paul joyal says the fact that polonium was used to kill litvinenko, leaves little doubt as to who authorized the murder. so, does that mean it would have to be putin? it could ve been someone else with access to ? come on, you re not going engage in an act of nuclear terrorism in downtown london without the knowledge of the president. we begin today open hearings into the death of of alexander litvinenko. in january, 2015, a public inquiry opened in london. it was a victory for marina, who along with her attorneys, for an eight year legal battle to make it happen.
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