Quote Originally Posted by Johanna
Quote Originally Posted by Ramil
Litvinenko was killed by Berezovsky.
Hehe... supposedly they were friends... Why do you think he killed him?
I'm not alone in this.

1. FSB has poisons at its disposal that can kill a man from apparent heart attack and no analysis would discover them. Why resort to exotics like Polonium?
The reports about Anna Politkovskaya and Litvinenko's deaths were released when Putin was meeting with EU leaders in Finland. I don't think the coincidence was accidental. And if was Berezovsky who publicly accused Putin in murder first.

2. Litvinenko worked for Berezovsky but... shall we say... outlived his usefulness. There are many interviews where people who knew both Litvinenko and his latest boss claimed that Litvinenko was dissatisfied with the money Berezovsky was paying him and kept asking for more. Berezovsky is very well known for his unscrupulousness and when Litvinenko started blackmailing him his death become inevitable.

Personally, I don't have doublts about Berezovsky's direct involvement in deaths of Politkovskaya and Litvinenko. He effectively 'fired' his former employees, he secured his 'refugee' status, he embarassed Putin, he undermined Russian relations with the UK and what did Putin gain? Merely a death of a defector in front of public eye? Why?

P.S. Berezovsky doesn't have friends. Only temporary alliies. This murder was very messy and lacked finesse (FSB would have worked better ).

P.P.S. And another thing - those associated with Berezovsky have surprisingly high mortality rate for some reason.