According to his lawyer Russian businessman Dmitry Kovtun plans to come to Germany and help German investigators in looking into the fatal radioactive poisoning of former Russian security agent Alexander Litvinenko, the Reuters news agency reported Wednesday.

Kovtun met Litvinenko at a London hotel on November 1 with another Russian businessman, Andrei Lugovoy. Later that day, Litvinenko complained of feeling ill and was admitted to a London hospital shortly afterwards where he died a slow death.

In December, German police uncovered traces of polonium 210, the substance that killed Litvinenko, in properties Kovtun used in Hamburg. Hamburg prosecutors have been investigating him on suspicion of illegally handling radioactive material.

Kovtun denies any link to Litvinenko’s death.

“Kovtun wants to come to Hamburg to meet with prosecutors, among other things,” attorney Wolfgang Vehlow said, adding that Kovtun has permanent residency in Germany and considers the northern port city of Hamburg a home.

Vehlow said it was unclear when the trip would happen. Kovtun developed symptoms of radiation poisoning, according to Russian prosecutors, and both he and Lugovoy spent several weeks in hospital after their return to Moscow from London.

Litvinenko, a Kremlin critic, issued a deathbed statement accusing Russian President Vladimir Putin of killing him. The Kremlin dismissed the allegations as nonsense.

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