Putin 'probably approved' Litvinenko killing: UK inquiry

[RUCCI]

Mauaji ya aliyekuwa jasusi wa Urusi Alexander Litvinenko mwaka 2006 nchini Uingereza huenda yaliidhinishwa na rais Vladimir Putin ,kulingana na uchunguzi.

Bwana Putin huenda alitia saini sumu ya mauaji ya bwana Litvinenko ya polonium-210 kutokana na uhasama kati yao, ulisema uchunguzi.

Mjane wa Bwana Litvinenko,Marina aliunga mkono ripoti hiyo akitaka bwana Putin kuwekewa marufuku ya usafiri huku Urusi ikiwekewa vikwazo.

Hatahivyo waziri wa maswala ya kigeni wa Urusi amesema kuwa uchunguzi huo umeingiliwa kisiasa.

''tunajuta kwamba kesi hiyo ya uhalifu imeingiliwa kisiasa na kuathiri mazingira ya uhusiano wa kibishara''.

Amesema kuwa Uchuguzi huo haukuwa wazi hivyobasi hawakudhania kwamba matokeo yake hayangekuwa na upendeleo.

Bwana Litvinenko alifariki akiwa na umri wa miaka 43 mjini London mwaka 2006,siku kadhaa baada ya kuwekewa sumu.

Alikuwa jasusi wa zamani wa Urusi lakini alitorokea nchini Uingereza ambapo alikuwa mkosoaji mkubwa wa serikali ya Putin.

Mwanadishi wa BBC wa maswala ya usalama Gordon Corera,amesema kuwa kulikuwa na mshangao mkubwa ndani ya mahakama wakati ripoti hiyo ilipotolewa.

Akizungumza nje ya mahakama ya London,bi Litvinenko alisema:Maneno ambayo mume wangu alizungumza katika kitanda chake cha mauti akimshtumu bwana Putin yamethibitishwa na mahakama moja ya Uingereza.

Katika taarifa,bi Litvinenko aliitaka serikali ya Uingereza kuwatimua majasusi wote wa Urusi na kuiwekea Urusi vikwazo vya kiuchumi.

Aliongezea kwamba bado ana matumaini kwamba haki itapatikana kwa wale waliotekeleza kifo hicho.

Katibu wa maswala ya ndani nchini Uingereza Theresa May anatarajiwa kutoa jibu la ripoti hiyo kwa serikali ya Uingereza katika ripoti yake kwa bunge la Uingereza.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin "probably approved" the killing of ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko in London, a British inquiry into his agonising death by radiation poisoning found Thursday.

Litvinenko, a prominent Kremlin critic, died three weeks after drinking tea laced with radioactive polonium at an upmarket London hotel in 2006.

Two Russians, Andrei Lugovoi and Dmitri Kovtun, were identified by British police as prime suspects but attempts to extradite the pair have failed.

The findings of the 300-page report pile pressure on Britain to act against Russia in response. Home Secretary Theresa May is due to outline the government reaction in a statement to parliament later on Thursday.

"The FSB operation to kill Litvinenko was probably approved by Mr (Nikolai) Patrushev and also by President Putin," the report said.

Patrushev is a former director of the FSB, the successor organisation to the Soviet-era KGB spy agency, and has been a key security minister since 2008.

"I am sure that Mr Lugovoi and Mr Kovtun placed the polonium-210 in the teapot at the Pine Bar on November 1, 2006," judge Robert Owen, the inquiry's chairman, said in the report.

Russia dismissed the findings, calling the inquiry "politically motivated".

"We had no reason to expect that the final findings of the politically motivated and extremely non-transparent process... would suddenly become objective and unbiased," foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said in a statement.

Lugovoi, now a lawmaker in Russia, described it as "absurd".

- 'Acting for a state body' -

He accused London of "tunnel thinking" and an unwillingness to establish the true cause of Litvinenko's death in comments to news agency Interfax.

But Litvinenko's widow Marina, who spent years pushing for a public inquiry to be held, urged Britain to impose sanctions against Russia and a travel ban on Putin.

"I'm very pleased that the words my husband spoke on his deathbed when he accused Mr Putin of his murder have been proved true in an English court," she told reporters.

Litvinenko, 43, was poisoned in a bar at London's Millennium Hotel by a cup of tea poisoned with polonium-210 -- an extremely expensive radioactive isotope only available in closed nuclear facilities.

"The fact that Mr Litvinenko was poisoned with polonium-210 that had been manufactured in a nuclear reactor suggests that Mr Lugovoi and Mr Kovtun were acting for a state body rather than say a criminal organisation," the inquiry report said.

Inquiry chairman Robert Owen said that there was "no evidence" to suggest that either Lugovoi or Kovtun had any personal reason to kill Litvinenko and they were likely to be acting under FSB direction.

Litvinenko, an ex-KGB agent turned freelance investigator who also worked for British intelligence, accused Putin of ordering his killing in a statement before he died in agony three weeks later on November 23, 2006.

Owen said there was "undoubtedly a personal dimension to the antagonism" between Putin and Litvinenko, citing "repeated highly personal attacks" which the former spy made on the Russian president.

Litvinenko's killing caused public outrage in Britain after radioactive traces were found at various sites around London. It was dubbed by the media as the world's first act of "nuclear terrorism".

Britain's government announced the inquiry in July 2014, just days after the downing of a Malaysian passenger jet over eastern Ukraine -- a tragedy blamed on Russia's involvement in the conflict in the region -- in what was seen as a way of punishing Russia.

Litvinenko had fled Russia in 2000 and was granted asylum in Britain, later becoming a British citizen and converting to Islam after befriending exiled Chechen separatist leaders.

The report said there was "strong evidence" that he was seen within the FSB as "someone who had betrayed that organisation".

He was buried in a London cemetery with Muslim rites in a lead-lined coffin to prevent radiation leakage.

Source: Yahoo

 

[dudus]

Alexander alizikwa kwa taratibu za kiislam. Naombeni ufafanuzi.

 

[kidadari]

Mauaji ya aliyekuwa jasusi wa Urusi Alexander Litvinenko mwaka 2006 nchini Uingereza huenda yaliidhinishwa na rais Vladimir Putin ,kulingana na uchunguzi.
Bwana Putin huenda alitia saini sumu ya mauaji ya bwana Litvinenko ya polonium-210 kutokana na uhasama kati yao, ulisema uchunguzi.
Mjane wa Bwana Litvinenko,Marina aliunga mkono ripoti hiyo akitaka bwana Putin kuwekewa marufuku ya usafiri huku Urusi ikiwekewa vikwazo.
Hatahivyo waziri wa maswala ya kigeni wa Urusi amesema kuwa uchunguzi huo umeingiliwa kisiasa.
''tunajuta kwamba kesi hiyo ya uhalifu imeingiliwa kisiasa na kuathiri mazingira ya uhusiano wa kibishara''.
Amesema kuwa Uchuguzi huo haukuwa wazi hivyobasi hawakudhania kwamba matokeo yake hayangekuwa na upendeleo.
Bwana Litvinenko alifariki akiwa na umri wa miaka 43 mjini London mwaka 2006,siku kadhaa baada ya kuwekewa sumu.
Alikuwa jasusi wa zamani wa Urusi lakini alitorokea nchini Uingereza ambapo alikuwa mkosoaji mkubwa wa serikali ya Putin.
Mwanadishi wa BBC wa maswala ya usalama Gordon Corera,amesema kuwa kulikuwa na mshangao mkubwa ndani ya mahakama wakati ripoti hiyo ilipotolewa.
Akizungumza nje ya mahakama ya London,bi Litvinenko alisema:Maneno ambayo mume wangu alizungumza katika kitanda chake cha mauti akimshtumu bwana Putin yamethibitishwa na mahakama moja ya Uingereza.
Katika taarifa,bi Litvinenko aliitaka serikali ya Uingereza kuwatimua majasusi wote wa Urusi na kuiwekea Urusi vikwazo vya kiuchumi.
Aliongezea kwamba bado ana matumaini kwamba haki itapatikana kwa wale waliotekeleza kifo hicho.
Katibu wa maswala ya ndani nchini Uingereza Theresa May anatarajiwa kutoa jibu la ripoti hiyo kwa serikali ya Uingereza katika ripoti yake kwa bunge la Uingereza.

 

[fattys]

There is a slogan in espionages circle that a solution for " a traitor is a bullet on a head". This is a common practice all over the world. Before accepting the post one swear loyalty to his/ her Country and under no any circumstances would he/she ever reveal the secrets of the Mother Country. So once one deflect and join hands to another country's counter espionage organization, the rule of game says that person has to phaseout.
All those who serves under conditions are dispensable once their usefully is over. America, Russia, Britain, Germany,Israel etc etc they all have such organizations and have a hit squads to eliminate such persons who are labed traitors.
Britain are just playing with peoples mind while they do know very well the rules of the game. David would have done the same.

 

[Eric Cartman]

There is a slogan in espionages circle that a solution for " a traitor is a bullet on a head". This is a common practice all over the world. Before accepting the post one swear loyalty to his/ her Country and under no any circumstances would he/she ever reveal the secrets of the Mother Country. So once one deflect and join hands to another country's counter espionage organization, the rule of game says that person has to phaseout.
All those who serves under conditions are dispensable once their usefully is over. America, Russia, Britain, Germany,Israel etc etc they all have such organizations and have a hit squads to eliminate such persons who are labed traitors.
Britain are just playing with peoples mind while they do know very well the rules of the game. David would have done the same.

He had to die jamaa kumbe akuwa na ugomvi na Russia tu bali na Mafia wa Russia; kabla ya kukimbilia UK alianza kupekuwa mienendo ya Mafia wa Russia uchunguzi ambao ulikuwa unaenda kuwausisha vigogo wa nchi kushirikiana na Mafia pengine na Putin Mwenyewe ndio kilichomkimbiza huko.

Siku moja kabla ya kuwekewa sumu alitakiwa aende Spain kusaidia upelelezi baada ya kukamatwa kwa mmoja wa Mafia aliokuwa akimchunguza tangia Russia na mtu ambaye anashutuma ya kuwa na mahusiano na vigogo wa serikari huko kwao.

Huyu jamaa nadhani alikuwa anajitafutia kifo na kwa waingereza nadhani concerns kubwa kwao ni lapse of security kwa vyovyote huyu mtu walikuwa wanamlinda ndio icho kinachowauma kuonyeshwa kazi zao si lolote si chochote watu wakiamua yao.

Kwa hivyo efforts kubwa zinazotumika katika kuweka involvements and implications za Putin katika hili sakata ni majungu ya waingereza kwenye kumuweka raisi na nafasi yake ya ushiriki na Mafia si kingine based on the following report.

Fresh evidence suggests Litvinenko was killed to keep him quiet (Spanish prosecutor says former KGB agent was due to spill the beans on Russian links to the mafia a week after his poisoning).

When a public inquiry into the poisoning of Alexander Litvinenkoreports its findings next week, it is widely expected that the Russian state will be held responsible.

But there will be less clarity about the motive for the murder. Why, after the former KGB and FSB agent had been in Britain for six years, was it so important to assassinate him with such apparent haste?

New evidence presented to the Litvinenko Justice Foundation in London suggests he could have been killed to prevent him from testifying about Vladimir Putin’s links with Russian organised crime. A Spanish prosecutor says he had arranged to hear evidence from Litvinenko in November 2006 — a week after he drank a lethal dose of Polonium-210 in London

José Grinda González, who investigated Russian mafia activity in Spain, said he had decided to question Litvinenko after learning “from colleagues” that he had information about links between gangsters and senior members of the Russian government.

According to a book by investigative journalists Cruz Morcillo and Pablo Muños, Litvinenko had given this information to Spanish security agents at a secret meeting outside the country in July 2006.After returning to Madrid, the agents passed the claims on to a Spanish judge, Fernando Andreu, who issued a summons to question Litvinenko.

Late last year Grinda filed an indictment of the top mafia figures in Spain, whichlisted Russian state officials allegedly involved in their activities, among them current and former senior government ministers and top law enforcement officials.

The indictment also claimed to reveal wide business connections between the notorious Tambov crime family and billionaire members of the powerful Ozero cooperative founded by Putin. This group has been designated Putin’s “inner circle” by US and EU authorities, who imposed sanctions on some of them in connection with Russia’s actions in Ukraine.

Grinda said he had evidence from another Russian expatriate, a former Duma deputy and self-confessed member of the Tambov gang, Mikhail Monastyrsky.

According to Monastyrsky, Putin and his associates’ links with the mafia started in St Petersburg in the mid-1990s, when the soon-to-be president was deputy mayor. Later the gangsters moved to Spain, while Putin’s entourage followed him to Moscow to take up senior positions. In April 2007,Monastyrsky was killed by a truck near Lyon, France, in what the local police ruled an accident.

The information obtained by the Spanish investigation was deemed so important that it was passed on to the US diplomats — and repeated in US diplomatic cables made public by Wikileaks. In one cable from US embassy in Madrid, Grinda was quoted as saying that he agreed with “the thesis made by Litvinenko” of the virtual merger of the Russian state and the mafia. Another cable refers to a meeting between Litvinenko and Spanish agents in May 2006.

At the London inquiry into his death, police testified that Litvinenko had cancelled a trip to Madrid from his hospital bed. It appeared at the time that the trip was part of his ongoing work for the British and Spanish secret services.

But the suggestion that he planned to meet prosecutors as an official witness places new importance on this trip that never took place.

It could explain why he was assassinated with such apparent haste, using amateur killers who were reckless and persistent. The two alleged assassins, Andrei Lugovoi and Dmitry Kovtun, initially missed their target and had to return to London three times before they finally succeeded in putting radioactive Polonium-210 in Litvinenko’s tea at the Millennium hotel in Grosvenor Square, London.

How did the Kremlin find out about Litvinenko’s plan to meet the Spanish prosecutor? His trips to Spain were a tight secret, known only to his wife and the closest of friends – but even they did not know the reason.

Yet, according to evidence given to the inquiry, Lugovoi was fully aware of Litvinenko’s doings. In fact, the former agent was supposed to accompany Litvinenko in November and meet “his associates” in Madrid.

Lugovoi knew that Litvinenko was working against the Russian mafia in Spain – he said so himself in an interview immediately after the murder.

It is inconceivable that Litvinenko would have told Lugovoi what he was up to without the consent of his British and Spanish handlers. Thus, Lugovoi can be rightly called a double – or even triple – agent.

Apparently, his masters in Moscow preferred “burning” him to infiltrating him into the Spanish investigation. This adds credence to the theory that eliminating Litvinenko was a matter of utmost urgency for the Kremlin.

Litvinenko was one of the first Russian expatriates who tried to alert western policy makers to the criminality and corruption of the Putin regime. During his lifetime his voice was not heard.

While he lay dying in a London hospital, he addressed his alleged assassin with these words: “You may succeed in silencing one man but the howl of protest from around the world will reverberate, Mr Putin, in your ears for the rest of your life”. A decade later his prophecy has finally come true.

Source Fresh evidence suggests Litvinenko was killed to keep him quiet

Ukisoma hiyo nakala hapo ndipo wanapolenga (and the same theme/conclusion is being repeated on all the media outlets which attracts the audience the government thinks its important to convince in order to reinforce that message) yote hayo ni majungu ya waingereza sio kingine wanataka dunia iamini Putin ana ushirikiano na Mafia that is the agenda.

Whenever a spy chooses to abandon his/her loyalty to the state their days are numbered with the inevitable of death kwa usaliti kila mtu anajua hilo, kwenye kifo cha huyu spy kwa waingereza hiyo issue wanajua alichokifanya bali wanataka dunia ijiulize raisi anapotoa amri kulinda mafia maana yake nini hiko ndio wanachotaka dunia ijumlishe na ndio maana Russia nao wanajibu this is politics.