FBI Launches Its Own Investigation Into Russian Spy Poisoning...Focus On Fmr. KGB Living In US...

Playfuls December 3, 2006 09:08 AM

The US federal crime agency FBI has launched its own investigations in connection with the poisoning death of Russian ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko, British press reports said Sunday.

The Observer reported that the FBI focus was on a potential key figure in the case, a former member of the KGB secret service now living in the United States.

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Sunday December 3, 2006The Observer

The FBI has been dragged into the investigation of Alexander Litvinenko's death after details emerged that he had planned to make tens of thousands of pounds blackmailing senior Russian spies and business figures.

The Observer has obtained remarkable testimony from a Russian academic, Julia Svetlichnaja, who met Litvinenko earlier this year and received more than 100 emails from him. In a series of interviews, she reveals that the former Russian secret agent had documents from the FSB, the Russian agency formerly known as the KGB. He had asked Svetlichnaja, who is based in London, to enter into a business deal with him and 'make money'. CONTINUED

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