Tag: Alexander Litvinenko

David Tennant to Play Alexander Litvinenko in New ITV Drama

September 30, 2021
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Actor David Tennant is to play former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko in a new ITV drama. Litvinenko died after being poisoned with a rare radioactive substance in London in 2006. The drama, Litvinenko, will tell the story of his widow Marina as she seeks to persuade the British Government to publicly name her husband’s killers…

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Russia Responsible for Killing Ex-KGB Spy Litvinenko in UK, European Court Rules

September 21, 2021
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Russia was responsible for the 2006 assassination of ex-KGB officer Alexander Litvinenko in London, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has found. Former Russian spy Litvinenko, who had become an outspoken critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin and had defected to Britain, died after being poisoned with a rare radioactive substance in London in…

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Plan Needed to Tackle Outrages by Gangster Regimes: Ex-defence Chief

May 25, 2021
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Britain needs a long-term plan is tackle “criminal outrages by gangster regimes,” a former military chief has said. Lord Stirrup made the call at Westminster as he argued that the “egregious act” of Belarus forcing the diversion of a passenger jet to arrest a journalist and prominent government critic was not an isolated incident. The…

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