Any opinions on this?
I'm interested in the spy industry and it's workings. It never ceases to amaze me how the truth is always stranger than fiction in the world of espionage.
For me it's obviously the work FSB, or other Russian secret service agency. A clear example to the rest of the defectors, and would be defectors that this is what we'll do to you.
People will do the most obscene things for the state.
I bring this up here because I remember a topic being brought up on number stations - in themselves fascinating sound pieces, but forged mainly in the era of the cold war. Also because I have no one else who'd have an opinion on this. Bleh.
Maybe this hasnt been well reported elsewhere in the world, if so:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6180682.stm
It obviously harks back to the umbrella killing in the 70's.
I'm pretty angry about the entire thing to be honest. It brings up a whole load of different questions. The first thing into my head when it was confirmed as radiation poisoning, was that some poor fuckers in a siberian concentration camp had the pleasure of going through this agonising death, while some inhumane, ghastly scientists took measurements of the optimum dosage. No one knows their names. The original killers or the original victims.
No one cares because they dont know.
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Originally Posted by Alexander Litvinenkov
I would like to thank many people. My doctors, nurses and hospital staff who are doing all they can for me; the British Police who are pursuing my case with vigor and professionalism and are watching over me and my family.
I would like to thank the British Government for taking me under their care. I am honored to be a British citizen. I would like to thank the British public for their messages of support and for the interest they have shown in my plight.
I thank my wife, Marina, who has stood by me. My love for her and our son knows no bounds.
But as I lie here I can distinctly hear the beating of wings of the angel of death. I may be able to give him the slip but I have to say my legs do not run as fast as I would like.
I think, therefore, that this may be the time to say one or two things to the person responsible for my present condition.
You may succeed in silencing me but that silence comes at a price. You have shown yourself to be as barbaric and ruthless as your most hostile critics have claimed.
You have shown yourself to have no respect for life, liberty or any civilized value. You have shown yourself to be unworthy of your office, to be unworthy of the trust of civilized men and women.
You may succeed in silencing one man but the howl of protest from around the world will reverberate, Mr. Putin, in your ears for the rest of your life.
May God forgive you for what you have done, not only to me but to beloved Russia and its people.
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