Russian agent wanted for murder of Alexander Litvinenko has cancer linked to radioactive poison used in attack
THE Russian agent wanted for the murder of Alexander Litvinenko has advanced cancer linked to the radioactive poison used in the attack.
Investigators believe Vladimir Putin henchman Andrey Lugovoy’s tumour “is related to” the polonium-210 with which he laced the former KGB man’s tea in London.
Lugovoy, 56, was identified after geiger counter checks showed a trail of radiation across Europe and on his flight back to Moscow.
British police are convinced he murdered anti-Putin dissident Litvinenko in 2006 on orders from the Kremlin but Russia has refused to extradite him to face trial.
Dmitry Kovtun, his co-accused in the Millennium Hotel poisoning, died last year at 56, supposedly from “Covid complications.”
Leaked emails and health records have surfaced in Moscow showing hardliner Lugovoy, an MP and rabid supporter of the Ukraine war, has prostate cancer. They were hacked by Ukrainian cyber resistance group Inform-Napalm.
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A medical report dated April 5 indicated doctors had recommended “radical” treatment but Lugovoy “refused surgery and radiation therapy in writing”.
It adds: “The patient prefers the tactics of active observation.”
Ukrainska Pravda newspaper, which cited the Inform-Napalm findings, said: “Investigators believe that the disease is related to Litvinenko’s poisoning, because even small doses of polonium-210 can cause malignant tumours.”
Lugovoy said in May his email account had been hacked by Ukrainians who also accessed the account of his singer wife Ksenia Lugovaya, 34.
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