Ex-KGB officer 'poisoned in UK'
UK police are investigating the alleged poisoning of a Russian former security agent and critic of President Vladimir Putin living in exile in Britain.
Alexander Litvinenko, a former colonel in the KGB, told the BBC he fell ill after meeting a contact at a London sushi bar on 1 November.
Police say he is in a serious but stable condition in University College Hospital, central London.
The highly-toxic metal thallium was reportedly used in the alleged attack.
He said he had been investigating the murder of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya, who was killed in Moscow last month.
UK police are investigating the alleged poisoning of a Russian former security agent and critic of President Vladimir Putin living in exile in Britain.
Alexander Litvinenko, a former colonel in the KGB, told the BBC he fell ill after meeting a contact at a London sushi bar on 1 November.
Police say he is in a serious but stable condition in University College Hospital, central London.
The highly-toxic metal thallium was reportedly used in the alleged attack.
He said he had been investigating the murder of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya, who was killed in Moscow last month.
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