Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service has released previously classified files on a double agent who, under the codename “Brittâ€, passed secrets to Moscow from inside British intelligence in the 1940s, the Reuters news agency reported on Monday.
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April 3, 2007The widow and friends of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko have started a charitable foundation in his name.
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Alexander Litvinenko’s death put the spotlight on the world of spying Russian agents are as active in Britain now as at the height of the Cold War, the BBC reported on Thursday quoting senior Whitehall officials.
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March 17, 2007The Russian Prosecutor General’s Office wants to interview more than 100 people in London as part of an investigation into the poisoning of ex-FSB agent Alexander Litvinenko, the RIA-Novosti news agency reported on Monday quoting a deputy prosecutor general.
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March 12, 2007Mario Scaramella, the Italian contact of murdered former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko was questioned for six hours on Wednesday in a Rome jail by prosecutors.
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December 29, 2006
A book co-written by Alexander Litvinenko, the murdered former spy, which alleges that the Russian government was secretly behind bombings that killed 300 people, may be made into a film, The Sunday Times reports.
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December 25, 2006Canadian authorities have delayed the expulsion of an accused Russian spy arrested one month ago, despite a judge’s ruling to have him sent out, the man’s lawyer is quoted by AFP news agency as saying.
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December 20, 2006
Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) stopped the activities of 27 intelligence officers in 2006, and 89 agents of foreign secret services, FSB director Nikolai Patrushev said at a meeting with reporters of Russian media on Tuesday.
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December 19, 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, 2006An alleged Russian spy who was ordered deported from Canada more than a week ago is still in the country.
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December 13, 2006
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