Russian Poisoning. Former Russian security agent-turned-Kremlin critic Aleksandr Litvinenko died in London on November 23 2006 after being poisoned with highly radioactive polonium-210. A few hours later the next call went to Porton Down home to Britains biological and chemical research establishment.
The lab specialized in developing poisons challenging to detect and under Joseph Stalin tested its products on gulag prisoners. They had been poisoned by a nerve agent in an attack almost certainly approved by the Russian. Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny said Saturday he is on a clear road to recovery from poisoning that sickened him on August 20.
Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny said Saturday he is on a clear road to recovery from poisoning that sickened him on August 20.
Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny said he believes Russias intelligence services poisoned him with a. Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny said he believes Russias intelligence services poisoned him with a. The effects of suspected Russian poisonings have varied radically from Alexander L itvinenko who was poisoned to death with the rare radioactive isotope polonium-210 to the permanent facial. Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been discharged from a Berlin hospital after Germany said he was poisoned with a nerve agent in Russia last month.
