Dmitry Kovtun

Russian Spy’s Death May be Linked to Nuclear Smuggling

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German investigators are considering the possibility that polonium-210 was smuggled through the country and might be connected to the radioactive poisoning of a Russian security service defector in London, RIA Novosti news agency reports.

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December 13, 2006

4 Tested for Polonium Poisoning in Hamburg After Contacts With Dmitry Kovtun

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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