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Prosecutors Question Berezovsky Over Russian Spy Poisoning

Russian billionaire Boris Berezovsky met Russian investigators in London on Friday to answer questions over the killing of former FSB agent Alexander Litvinenko, the Reuters news agency reports.

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April 1, 2007

Russian Security Service Eliminates International Human-trafficking Group

An international criminal group involved in human-trafficking and illegal immigration from southeast Asia and CIS countries to Western Europe through Russia has been broken by joint efforts of the Russian and foreign security services, the RIA Novosti news agency reported on March 15.

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March 15, 2007

Terrorist Bomb Attack Prevented in Moscow

According to Moscow police security officials prevented a bomb attack in the Russian capital the day before the country celebrated a national holiday last week, the Bloomberg news agency reports.

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February 27, 2007

Putin Praises Spies’ Work at Secret Police Anniversary

Vladimir Putin has saluted Russia’s resurgent secret services for their role in guarding national interests.

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December 21, 2006

FSB Stops Activities of 116 Spies in Russia

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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, 2006

British Police See FSB as Prime Suspect in Litvinenko Poisoning

Scotland Yard detectives arrive at Moscow's Domodedovo airport, December 4, 2006. Photo: REUTERS

Intelligence services in Britain are convinced that the poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko was authorized by the Russian Federal Security Service, The Times newspaper reports.

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December 5, 2006

Former Russian Spy Alexander Litvinenko Died

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Former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko claiming to have been poisoned died, doctors said, three weeks after being mysteriously poisoned in what critics alleged was a Soviet-style sting by Moscow’s secret services, a charge denied by the Kremlin, the AFP news agency reported Friday.

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November 24, 2006

Poisoned Russian Spy Suffered Heart Failure

Poisoned Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko suffered heart failure overnight and is now on a ventilator, Alexander Goldfarb, a friend of the former KGB spy said Thursday morning.

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November 23, 2006

Russian Intelligence Says Not Involved in Ex-Spy Poisoning in UK

Russia’s foreign intelligence service denied Monday any involvement in the alleged poisoning of a former agent in London.

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November 21, 2006

Attempt on Dissident Litvinenko’s Life Was Kremlin-Sponsored

Alexander Litvinenko was poisoned on the direct orders of the Kremlin because of his biting mockery of President Putin, according to a former Soviet spy now living in Britain, The Times wrote Monday.

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November 20, 2006