Dmitry Kovtun, a witness and victim in the poisoning case of Alexander Litvinenko, claims that he became infected in mid-October, when he met with Litvinenko in London. Let us recall that Kovtun was hospitalized with signs of radiation sickness and the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation opened a criminal case for the attempted murder of Dmitry Kovtun. At the same time, German law enforcement agencies opened a criminal case against Kovtun himself - he is suspected of illegally importing radioactive materials into the country.