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  • Russian human rights lawyer and Kremlin critic 'poisoned with mercury'

    10/15/2008 9:48:44 AM PDT · by sevinufnine · 4 replies · 283+ views
    Daily Mail OnLine ^ | October 15, 2008 | Peter Allen
    Police in France are investigating the suspected poisoning of a leading Russian human rights lawyer, it emerged today. The attempt to poison Karinna Moskalenko using mercury carries an eerie echo of the murder of Alexander Litvinenko in London in 2006, using the radioactive substance polonium-210.
  • Condition of former KGB spy worsens ( Putin ? )

    11/20/2006 2:11:30 PM PST · by george76 · 57 replies · 1,712+ views
    Yahoo News & AP ^ | 11-20-06 | TARIQ PANJA
    LONDON - A former KGB agent turned Kremlin critic who was poisoned three weeks ago was moved into intensive care Monday after his condition deteriorated, and his doctor said the toxin has attacked his bone marrow. Prominent Russian exiles claimed Litvinenko was poisoned at the behest of the Kremlin... Thallium causes hair loss and interferes with the cardiovascular and nervous systems, attacking the vital organs. Litvinenko's white cell count is down to nearly zero, said Dr. John Henry, a clinical toxicologist treating him. "It shows his bone marrow has been attacked and that he is susceptible to infection," Litvinenko, who...