British tabloid: Litvinenko could be associated with terrorists from Al-Qaeda

The British tabloid The Daily Express claims that the former FSB officer Alexander Litvinenko could be associated with the al-Qaeda terrorist organization.

The publication indicates that in the Scotland Yard, they consider the possible connection of Litvinenko and terrorists, who may have tried to get a "dirty" nuclear bomb.

The newspaper also writes that Litvinenko accepted Islam shortly before his death, and this was a surprise even for his close friends. At the same time, the tabloid recalls that Litvinenko’s close ties with Chechen separatists were obvious.

- The former KGB agent told the police the name of the killer Alexander Litvinenko
- Friend Litvinenko Lugovoi claims that he is poisoned
- British detectives arrive in Moscow, where they will interrogate the meadow, Kovtun and Sokolenko

The father of the deceased ex-employee of the FSB Walter Litvinenko told Kommersant that his son was thinking about the adoption of Islam. “He had these questions, he thought about it. I came to his hospital and said:“ Son, I put a candle to Sergey Radonezh for you, prayed for your soul! ”And he replied:“ Dad, I want to be buried according to Muslim customs. ”I said:“ Well, my son, as you wish, will be so. Another Muslim in our family is a daughter married to Kabardin. The main thing is to believe in the Almighty - God alone. The main thing is to live not according to satanic laws, ”says Walter Litvinenko.

He is sure that Alexander Litvinenko was poisoned by the Polo-210 "employees of the Russian special services, with the permission of Vladimir Putin."

Recall that in 2000, the British passport, Alexander Litvinenko, who fled in 2000 and received in October this year, died on the evening of November 23. During the examination, it turned out that its body contains a large amount of radioactive substance of the Polonia-210. In his dying handling, he said that he was poisoned by employees of the Russian special services.

Former KGB agent told the police the name of the killer Alexander Litvinenko

British police officers who had specially arrived in the United States interrogated the former KGB agent Yuri Shvets. He told the investigators the name of the killer Alexander Litvinenko, however, refused to call him reporters, reports AP.

Shvets said that he was familiar with Litvinenko since 2002 and talked with him on the phone on his death day, November 23. “His death is an act of international terrorism. I know who is behind the death of my friend Sasha, and I know the reasons for his murder,” Shvets said.

He said that he was questioned by Scotland-Yard investigators and FBI agents last week and told them a certain “serious documented information”.

Shvets denies his involvement in the preparation of dossier to Yukos . Earlier, Leonid Nevzlin announced that Litvinenko handed him such a dossier.

British detectives arrive in Moscow, where they will interrogate the meadow, Kovtun and Sokolenko

The British police intend to interrogate several witnesses in Moscow in the death of the ex-former FSB officer Alexander Litvinenko, including two people whose names were not yet announced, the British newspaper The Guardian writes.

According to her, all these people were in London on November 1 and could meet with Litvinenko. Among the witnesses who are planned to be interrogated are three Russian businessmen - Andrei Lugovoi, Dmitry Kovtun and Vyacheslav Sokolenko. They were almost the last to see the ex-employee of the FSB before poisoning, RIA Novosti notes.

A group of specialists of the anti-terrorist department of Scotland Yard can fly to Moscow on Monday.

According to the police, on November 1, on the alleged day of poisoning, Litvinenko at the Millennium hotel at Grovenor Square in London met with Lugov to discuss a business project. The meeting was also attended by Kovtun and Sokolenko.

The police have already interrogated Boris Berezovsky in London. According to the publication, he stated that Litvinenko was killed by order from Moscow. “Alexander was my friend,” Berezovsky said. He refused to give other comments until the investigation is completed.