Ex-spy Kovtun linked with Litvinenko poisoning dies in Moscow
Dmitry Kovtun, a Russian businessman, died of “a severe COVID-related disease” this morning, says MP Andrey Lugovoy. “This is a grievous and irreparable loss for all of us. I address my most sincere condolences to Dima’s family and friends. Rest in peace, my friend,” Lugovoy wrote on his Telegram. The European Court of Human Rights considers Kovtun and Lugovoy guilty of poisoning Alexander Litvinenko, a UK resident and a former FSB colonel, to death in 2006.