Times Of London: Putin Wanted Blair To Gag Poisoned Spy...Death May Ignite Diplomatic Rift...

Times Of London David Cracknell, Mark Franchetti and Jon Ungoed-Thomas December 2, 2006 09:12 PM

THE Russian president, Vladimir Putin, has expressed his anger at Britain's failure to gag Alexander Litvinenko in the final hours of his life, the cabinet has been told.

Margaret Beckett, the foreign secretary, told ministers that the Russian government had "taken exception" to the poisoned former spy's deathbed letter accusing the Putin regime of murdering him.

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