Two more people have tested positive for low levels of polonium 210, the radioactive poison that killed former Russian agent Alexander Litvinenko, the Reuters news agency quoted British health authorities as saying on Wednesday.
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January 6, 2007British health authorities said Tuesday three more hotel workers tested positive for low levels of the radioactive element that killed former Russian security agent Alexander Litvinenko, The Associated Press news agency reports.
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December 22, 2006Dutch health authorities said on Friday they have called in about 20 people for radiation testing after they stayed in a London hotel where poisoned former Russian FSB agent Alexander Litvinenko also spent time, Reuters news agency reports.
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December 17, 200625 school children got poisoned after taking pills in southwest Russia, the Emergencies Ministry’s city department said on Friday, the Xinhua news agency reports.
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December 15, 2006
Four people were hospitalized in Hamburg Monday, on suspicion they had been contaminated by polonium, the same radioactive substance that killed former Russian FSB agent Alexander Litvinenko, The New York Times reported.
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December 12, 2006
The ex-wife of a witness in the case of a former Russian security officer, her two children and boyfriend have been hospitalized in Germany with suspected polonium-210 poisoning, Itar-Tass news agency reported, quoting the the head of the investigation team in Hamburg.
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December 11, 2006Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich is petrified he could be the next victim of Russian poisoners, The People.co.uk website reported Sunday.
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Andrei Lugovoi, a Russian businessman who met murdered ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko on the day he fell ill is now sick from radiation poisoning, Reuters quoted local medical sources as saying on Friday.
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December 8, 2006
The radioactive isotope polonium-210 has been detected at a London stadium that hosted a soccer match attended by a key figure in the probe of the fatal radiation poisoning of a former Russian spy, The Associated Press reported citing a British official.
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December 6, 2006
Doctors who have failed to diagnose former Russian Prime Minister Yegor Gaidar’s mysterious illness say they suspect poisoning but are unable to detect a toxic substance, an aide is quoted by Xinhua news agency.
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