Defence minister denies Russian role in spy death
Russian defence minister Sergei Ivanov has denied that Russian security forces were involved in the poisoning death of former KGB spy Alexander Litvinenko in London, saying that was not in the Kremlin’s interests, according to an interview.
Litvinenko, 43, a former KGB agent who was a fierce critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, died on Thursday of heart failure after falling gravely ill from what doctors said was poisoning by the radioactive polonium 210.
