Lugovoi was today interviewed about his involvement in Litvinenko's demise - he mentioned that Litvinenko was involved in "helping Russians become British Citizens for up to a sum of £1 million"
Therefore this does lead to what I have blogged about before that Litvinenko was therefore quite a "dodgy" character and was therefore susceptible to intervention from Mafia and other sources (see Iran / Russian Mafia Nuclear Missile deal).
Far more likely than Putin trying to start a new cold war
Russia's threat to aim weapons at Europe if the US sets up a missile defence shield there was "unhelpful and unwelcome", Nato has said.
The US says it wants missile defence in eastern Europe to counter threats from states like Iran and North Korea.
On Sunday, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Iran was not a threat to the US, hinting that Russia was the target.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy has said he will have "frank" talks with Mr Putin this week about the threat.
'Stormy summit'
Washington wants to deploy interceptor rockets in Poland and a radar base in the Czech Republic to counter what it describes as a potential threat from "rogue states" such as Iran and North Korea.
It insists the shield is not aimed at Russia.
[Putin] called for a frank dialogue. From my side, it will be frank
French President Nicolas Sarkozy
"As far as I am aware, the only country speculating about targeting Europe with missiles is the Russian Federation," Nato spokesman James Appathurai said.
"These kind of comments are unhelpful and unwelcome."
MAP OF AMERICAN MISSILE DEFENCES
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