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36. Assassination by Poisoning: Russia & The Soviet Union

SPYCRAFT 101

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Crime Scene Investigation - Litvinenko's Death

Litvinenko's face became really well known throughout Russia due to his high public profile now that he was in the United Kingdom. A Russian armed forces promotional film produced in 2003 showed Russian soldiers firing their rifles at a paper target with Litvinenko's name on it. The waiter who served them that night later reported that after he delivered the pot of tea to the table the two men made an attempt to block his view of what happened next. Later after they left the restaurant the waiter poured the remaining tea out into the sink and noticed that it was noticeably darker and thicker than before. He believed the men had sprayed a chemical substance into the tea after he delivered it to the table. So

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