License to Kill from Putin (Video)

In the UK next week begin hearings on the basis of which it is decided to conduct a full investigation into the death in London of former Russian intelligence officer Alexander Litvinenko. In his poisoning, recall, British prosecutors accused another former Russian intelligence officer, now a State Duma deputy from the LDPR Andrei Lugovoi. Public suspicion that it was a ' penalty on the orders of the state ', namely Russia, by the British prosecutor sounded just the other day.

So said Lord Macdonald of- River Gleyven - senior prosecutor investigating the murder of Litvinenko. At the time of his death he held the position of ' director of public prosecution ', says The Sunday Times. Litvinenko's death he called ...

' I had the strong suspicion that in the planning of this murder involved acts of subjects of the Russian state ' - said MacDonald. What happened ' had all the characteristics of execution on the orders of the state, done by a foreign government on the streets of London ', he added.



Until recently, the British officials to refrain from making public accusations against the Russian side in connection with the poisoning of Litvinenko. McDonald was the first who spoke with the open- judgmental statement, the article says, which is referenced InoPressa.

The same prosecutor in 2007 signed an extradition request for Andrei Lugovoi, the site says ' Edge. ru '. It is known that the British authorities were refusing to Moscow, and during the September visit to Russia by Prime Minister David Cameron, President Dmitry Medvedev ' set point ', saying ' this ( issue of a Russian citizen - a comment. ed. ) Will never be '.

The hearings, which begin in London on October 13, is a judicial inquiry into the death - a special rate of British justice, which allows to consider the circumstances of the death of a person outside of the criminal case, in the absence of prosecution and defense, says the site is. This court can not pass judgment, but has the right to name the guilty. The most famous case of judicial investigation - an investigation into the death of Princess Diana.

At the moment the official position of the British government is that it is ' usual criminal case, no aspect of policy or national security '. This position will challenge the advocates of the deceased 's wife Marina Litvinenko. Judge - investigator will hear the arguments of the parties and decide whether the question of possible participation of the Russian state be given to the jury, if the full process will be initiated.

It is expected that in the current proceedings will be published materials and questioned the police investigation, investigators from Scotland Yard. Also, employees must give evidence of British intelligence MI6, says her former boss, Richard Dirlav. On this edition of the Express wrote.

Dirlav said he sees no reason why the information available to his department can not be made ​​public in court. Earlier, a diplomatic leaks released by WikiLeaks, it was reported that, according to the U.S. administration, the murder of Litvinenko ...

Russian special services for many years in secret to carry out punitive operations abroad, the press has shown a document produced.

Meanwhile, The Daily Telegraph at the beginning of the hearings, the content is divided into ' secret directive ...

According to the newspaper, the paper mainly refers to the ' surveillance, identification and possible return of ... However, a separate paragraph provides that in certain cases, by special order, perhaps the destruction of the CIS countries and the EU ' leaders of illegal terrorist and extremist groups and organizations, and individuals who illegally left Russia and wanted by federal intelligence agencies '.

The directive dated 19 March 2003 and signed by Colonel-General Mikhail Nechayev FSB. Until his death in 2007 he directed the Department of counterintelligence operations FSB Counterintelligence Service.

We recall the destruction of the terrorists abroad, officially legalized by the Russian authorities later - in 2006. The corresponding draft resolution was submitted to parliament, Vladimir Putin, then president. However, the secret document in 2003 proves that this practice was carried out in secret by the Russian secret services for a long time, emphasizes the British edition.