he was once a kgb agent, bu turned into a local critic o russia when he was poisoned an london and made headline around the world a lethal toxin in a cup of tea it was a dirty bomb why was he killed to unravel the mystery, we follow the tail of a darke conspiracy are you threatened for your life we will meet and confront the prime suspect. did you put - in the teens and now, is the dange coming closer one man said shoe temp. an attack on the expert helping us with the story. people say this is neve going to happen here i know it can happen, here because it happened to m husband. hello, and welcome to dateline former russian agent alexander was a vocal critic of th russian government, but in his world access to informatio could make you a very rich man or a dead one. his murder set off a international investigation to discover who wanted hi silenced here s richard engel with sp games. a former russian agent, poisoned a multi millionaire found dead in
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
trenear - harvey was a forme mi6 mi6 analyst the british wanted to for find out what he knew about hi former colleagues in the russian secret service was he credible? oh, yes he. was credible enough that mi eventually began paying him monthly salary trading information for mone was one-way for a former russian agent to make a living and his new home in london then suddenly, in 2006 litvinenko who had always been fit and healthy, got very sick it was just incredibl strong and heavy sickness. just suddenly and not stopping litvinenko wife marina mari watch him weak waste away in just a matter of days. oh, it was awful. his here started to to fall out yes, and he started to look like cancer patient treated by chemotherapy i knew he was going through unspeakable torment. finally, they found in hi blood. he might have been poisoned. why isn t doctor suspected maybe he ha ingested thallium.
killed litvinenko to embarrass russia retired mi6 analyst trenear harvey says that s nonsense. if for no other reason because mi6 would never use such a expensive weapon to kill anyone if the british wanted t kill him, they were he would v followed out of the hotel room he would ve been place in fron of a car we wouldn t we would ve spel $12 million in a slightly more cost-effective fashion you would ve made it look like an accident indeed. things are done less extensively, more cost effectively. the old fashion bullets an bodies, work rather effectively, quite cheaply. why not to shoot him? i didn t say they would v then could possibly we can do that sort of thing also remember litvinenko was working for mi6 and it was lugovoi at hi partner dmitry kovtun who left a radioactive trail all over london especially at the pine bar
i couldn t do it. not only did he continue to maintain his innocence, he offered his own theory about who poisoned the teeth. t. could someone have put something in there without you noticing? no. why don t you think the polonium may have been put there into the cup after our meeting, the next day. or by a guy from mi6? he brings the polonium and pours it into the cup. that s agatha christie stuff. mi6 is british intelligence. lugovoi says perhaps the brits killed litvinenko to embarrass russia. retired mi6 analyst trenear - harvey says that s nonsense. if for no other reason because mi6 would never use such an expensive weapon to kill anyone. if the british wanted to kill him, they were he he would have fallen out of the hotel window. and placed in front of a car. we wouldn t have spent $12