A retired army major-general tested positive for a radioactive substance after two men suspected of poisoning former KGB officer Alexander Litvinenko had visited his offices, an inquiry heard.

IT IS a year today since the death of Alexander Litvinenko.

Detectives in the UK investigating the death of ex-KGB spy Alexander Litvinenko were tonight planning to fly to Moscow in their hunt for clues into the dissident’s poisoning, sources have confirmed.