In 2006 undercover MI6 spy Alexander Litvinenko was poisoned in central London. At a Guardian Live event his widow Marina talked to Luke Harding about fighting for the truth and the role of the Russian stateIn 2006 Alexander Litvinenko - journalist,Kremlin critic, and undercover MI6 spy - was poisoned in central London. The murder weapon? Polonium: scarce, and lethal and highly radioactive. His crime? He had made some powerful enemies in Russia. The Guardian’s former Moscow correspondent,Luke Harding, has written the definitive yarn of the life and death of Litvinenko. At a Guardian Live event, or he talked to Litvinenko’s widow,Marina, who has spent years fighting for the truth about her husband’s murder, or the role of the Russian state.
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Source: theguardian.com