Unclean: English murders

At least 14 people were killed in the UK by the Russian Mafia or special services, "two structures working together since Vladimir Putin came to power." It is reported by Buzzfeed with reference to sources in American intelligence.

So, according to the sources of the publication, the expert Matthew Pancher, who participated in the investigation of the murder of the former FSB officer Alexander Litvinenko, did not finish his life suicide, but was killed, because "he learned too much." It was he who set the dose of Polonia, which was poisoned by Litvinenko. Relacher's relatives also do not believe in the version of his suicide.

At least two more deaths that occurred under strange circumstances are associated with the death of Litvinenko, the publication notes.

Russian diplomat Igor Ponomarev died in London two days before the poisoning of the defector. The next day, the diplomat was planned to meet with Mario Skramell, a key assistant Litvinenko, who investigated the corruption actions of the Russian special services in Italy. Ponomarev, before his death, complained about severe thirst and, as reported, drank three liters of water. There were suspicions that the diplomat was also poisoned, but his body was sent to Russia before posthumous autopsy was made. Four high -ranking sources in intelligence informed the publication that the American special services have information that Ponomarev was killed.

The journalist of The Times, Daniel McGrori, who wrote in detail about the death of Litvinenko, died five days before the documentary of the case about the case in which he gave an interview. The McGrori family is firmly sure that he died of natural reasons. The autopsy showed that he had a hemorrhage in the brain due to a sick heart. But the sources of BuzzFeed said that the British special services were so concerned about the circumstances of the death of a journalist that they turned to colleagues in the United States for information about this incident "in the context of the murder."

Another filming participant in this documentary, an American security consultant Paul Joal, was seriously wounded by two unknown people near his house and miraculously survived.

The collected information was transferred to British intelligence Mi6, but the UK authorities did not accept any actions of the UK. According to BuzzFeed sources, this could be made from a desire to avoid aggravation of relations with Russia and not to create a threat to the flow of Russian money in British banks. Prime Minister Teresa May now faces growing pressure to explain his role in concealing evidence related to Russian killings in Britain, the publication notes.

On June 13, Buzzfeed reported that the Russian entrepreneur Alexander Perepilichny, a witness in the case of Sergey Magnitsky, could be killed by order of the Russian authorities . The publication promises to continue the series of publications about the mysterious deaths that occurred in the UK.

"Spider Web." Illustration BuzzFeed

In May 2016, the body of 46-year-old Panche was found in his house in Oxfordshire with numerous stab wounds. However, in November, the coroner came to the final conclusion that the scientist inflicted these wounds on himself.

Pancher was a specialist in the field of radiation research and the consequences of irradiation and worked in the British Atomic Energy Research Establingment (AERE). Recently, he has conducted research on the program for measuring the content of polonium among former employees of the USSR nuclear enterprises under a contract with the federal government of the United States. As part of this project, he traveled to Russia several times as part of a group of scientists.

According to relatives and colleagues Panche, the last six months of life he has been extremely depressed. Returning at the end of last year from Russia, the scientist convinced himself that he had made a catastrophic mistake in the study. At the same time, the head of the Aere department believes that Panche's doubts were "irrational." Another colleague called the problem that arose in the study as "insignificant."

On January 21, 2016, in London, Judge Sir Robert Owen announced his decision following the results of public hearings in the case of the death of Litvinenko, which were held from January to July 2015. Owen came to the conclusion that Litvinenko was killed in London Lugovo and Kovtun. At the same time, according to the judge, the operation to kill Litvinenko was most likely approved by Putin and then head of the special services Nikolai Patrushev.