Lugovoi did not rule out that there could be irradiated with Litvinenko polonium – RIA Novosti

MOSCOW, January 22 – RIA Novosti. State Duma Deputy Andrei Lugovoi, whom the court in Britain has been implicated in the death of an ex-employee of the Russian special services Alexander Litvinenko, does not rule out that he could receive radiation polonium simultaneously with the victims, but also admits that it could happen elsewhere.

“I can suspect that I received (radiation polonium) with Litvinenko. But I lived in British hotels, I was flying British aircraft, I met with representatives of the British establishment, and who could I do to shove, only God knows, “- said Lugovoi in the program” An Evening with Vladimir Solovyov “on TV channel” Russia-1 “, when asked if he thought that was irradiated simultaneously with Litvinenko.

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The MP said that together with Dmitry Kovtun took long-term treatment after returning from the United Kingdom.

“We have been treated, we have been seriously contaminated, we have during the month were in our physical and medical-biological clinic, which has experience in the treatment. We have seriously engaged. In this regard, General Prosecutor’s Office opened a criminal investigation into the attempted murder of two Russian citizens – Lugovoi and Kovtun. We were treated, we were very seriously ill “, – he said.

According to Lugovoi, the materials that the Investigative Committee of Russia tried to pass the UK about their health, have not been taken by the British justice “because they believed that it was in Russia”.

Chairman of the public hearing on the case of Litvinenko’s death, coroner Robert Owen on Thursday presented a report which blamed the death of former FSB officer in the Russian state. The coroner concluded that Litvinenko was poisoned with Andrei Lugovoi and Dmitry Kovtun during a joint tea November 1, 2006.

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According to the coroner, Robert Owen, a British court does not intend to reopen the proceedings on the case of Litvinenko’s death, since all the issues discussed. Earlier Lugovoi said that British experts checked polygraph in Moscow, his testimony on the case of Litvinenko’s death and concluded that he was not involved in this.

The Russian Foreign Ministry, in turn, said that the report of the British court on the causes of death of former FSB officer Alexander Litvinenko, politically engaged, and the process of the British investigation – opaque. Moscow also regretted that the criminal case has been politicized and marred the general atmosphere of bilateral relations.