Dmitry Kovtun
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Dmitry Kovtun is a Russian businessman and ex-KGB agent who met the poisoned ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko several times in London, the last time hours before Litvinenko fell ill. Kovtun is currently hospitalised with radiation poisoning in Moscow.
[edit] Radiation investigation
Kovtun met the poisoned ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko in London on several occasions, first in mid-October and later only hours before Litvinenko fell ill on 1 November. On 9 December 2006, German police report finding traces of radiation at Hamburg flat used by Kovtun.[1] According to German investigators, the polonium traces were found on a couch where Kovtun is believed to have slept at his ex-wife's apartment the night before he headed to London for a meeting with Litvinenko last month and according to British investigators, polonium traces were found on the airplanes in which Kovtun traveled between Moscow and London. Polonium traces were also found in Kovtun's car in Hamburg.[2]
Both Russian and British investigators have interviewed Kovtun. Furthermore, German detectives are currently investigating Kovtun's suspected participation to plutonium smuggling into Germany in October.[3]
Kovtun is currently hospitalised in Moscow with radiation poisoning. On 12 December he told Russia's Channel One TV that his "health was improving".[3] Kovtun says that he has only one explanation for the presence of polonium: "It is that I brought it back from London, where I met Alexander Litvinenko on October 16, 17 and 18".[3] British detectives, on the other hand, believe Litvinenko was not contaminated until the meeting on 1 November.
There are two conflicting theories about Dmitry Kovtun. One theory is he may be the murderer or one of the murderers of Alexander Litvinenko and may have made mistakes in handling the substance used, Polonium-210. The other theory is that he is a victim just like Alexander Litvinenko.[citation needed]
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Go see Dmitry Kovtun picture scary very scary....
An image grab shows Dmitry Kovtun Saturday December 9, 11:05 AM
This image taken from Sky News television on December 7 shows private security agent Dmitry Kovtun. Germany police have said they had found "indications" of a source of radioactivity in a flat in Hamburg used by Kovtun, a contact of the poisoned former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko. Go to World Photos slideshow
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/09122006/323/photo/image-grab-shows-dmitry-kovtun.html
There are two conflicting theories about Dmitry Kovtun. One theory is he may be the murderer or one of the murderers of Alexander Litvinenko and may have made mistakes in handling the substance used, Polonium-210. The other theory is that he is a victim just like Alexander Litvinenko.[citation needed] <<<
Now, that is a 50/50 chance of "who is guilty".
For some reason, I can't choose an opinion on this case, it is all so possible.