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Representatives of the investigative team also said "they have almost no doubt that Dmitry Kovtun brought polonium from Moscow."

Obviously down to only two possibilities now. Polonium smuggling operation or Assassination. Either way the stuff came from Moscow.

[G8 Diplomat]

Ah, so the Russkies are taking a little trip to Germany now, eh?

He said a medical examination will show if their organisms contain a dangerous concentration of the radioactive element

I think they meant ORGANS...

[F-117A]

"One of the key witnesses to the murder of Alexander Litvinenko was contaminated with polonium-210 at least four days before he met the former Russian spy in a London hotel bar, German police revealed yesterday. Dmitry Kovtun, who met Mr Litvinenko on November 1, the day he was poisoned, had already been in contact with the radioactive substance, German investigators said.

The German inquiry focuses on whether he was in illegal contact with radioactive materials rather than the murder of Mr Litvinenko itself. At a press conference, a senior prosecutor said that one possible explanation was that while "packaging or transporting" the polonium before the meeting, Mr Kovtun had been "sloppy" and accidentally touched it."

The Guardian