Putin, A Poisoner?

[sandyRoe]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk

[Gavmacp]

I thought at one point that this was going to be swept under the carpet.

[CrapAtCryptics]

Nine years to issue a report - a nice little earner for someone.

[Vicasso]

I too thought this would continue to get booted down the road like other long running inquiries.

There must be some involvement by the Russian hierarchies to supply the wretched stuff, it's not as if you can pop into the local SPAR and pick up some polonium 210.

[sandyRoe]

But he's now our friend in the fight against ISIS.
Maybe we should let bygones be bygones.

[ichkeria]

It wasn't nine years. The inquest was held much later, then delayed, then restarted
Yes wouldn't Putin just love us to forget. This was a botched killing. It should have used a much stronger dose, which would have meant Litvinenko dying and being buried before any of this got out
I'm surprised the culprits haven't gone the same way.
Maybe some of them have

[anotheoldgit]

Did he himself actually poison this person?

[atalanta]

It is very difficult to imagine that any ordinary Russian people would have access to such a chemical and the ability to travel and deliver it without the approval of Putin. Putin has ( or aspires to ) dictatorial powers, so anyone doing something so significant without his warrant would incur his most serious wrath. Or death.
Any by the way, the pronunciation is Pootin, not Pyutin.

[EDDIE51]

He was killed by the KGB under orders from Putin. Just like Markov, who was
killed by Ricin a very rare poison, shot into his leg with an air gun disguised as an umbrella. Again that type of equipment and poison is not available except to state sponsored 'security' agents.

[EDDIE51]

^^ OK so it was the Russian's allies Bulgaria's secret service that killed Markov but the agents were trained in the USSR. The pellet that contained the ricin was thought to have been supplied by the KGB.

[youngmafbog]

Does anyone imagine that the West is whiter than white?

[lindapalmara]

YMB

Have you heard of any state sponsored murders by Plutonium in this country?? They not only murdered a Brotish citizen but put lots of people at risk,people in the airplanes they travelled in, staff in the hotels they stayed n and the venue where it actually happened.

[retrocop]

//Does anyone imagine that the West is whiter than white?//

I would of liked to pose that question to the late Professor David Kelly! I do not believe suicide and I do not believe the death can be laid at the front door of the KGB to explain either!

[Quizmonster]

Retro, I mean this kindly, so there is no need to shout at me, but there is no such construction in English as would of, could of, should of etc. What you mean is would've, could've, should've etc. These are abbreviations of would have, could have and should have. Just because they sound pretty much identical to the versions you use doesn't mean that these are options. Up to you, of course.

[ummmm]

Seriously?

[ichkeria]

Poisoning for Putin just another notch on an impressive CV
As Litvinenko's lawyer put it, Putin is a gangster masquerading as a head of state
That is all that needs to be said really

[Old_Geezer]

Was there ever any doubt ?