Update on Litvinenko
As for some interesting new stuff on Litvinenko, not much is out since Scotland Yard turned its dossier over to CPS (the Crown Prosecutorial Services). I doubt this case will see a courtroom. What's funny is that in mid-January, when British reports first came out blatantly accusing Lugovoi, he even at one point stupidly said that he would, I paraphrase, go to all lengths to defend his reputation aggressively -- implying he might sue for slander. I think someone with more than two vodka and polonium soaked brain cells reminded him that that would entail actually going back to Britain to appear in court, and that he can't do that. He shut up that talk quickly. But for new confirmation of details that were considered speculation, check the BBC Newsnight report on Alexander Litvinenko's dossier. This report does several things:
Also, more on our favorite "honey trap," Julia Svetlichnaja: According to James Heartfield's home page, on 30 Jan. at 2 pm, a "seminar" on Litvinenko case and the "New Cold War" for CSD turned surreal when Aftenposten reporter Hilde Harbo apparently turned up to continue her inquiry. LR: Notice that while Heartfield attempts to attack Harbo and her source, he says nothing about the status of Svetlichnaja's alleged lawsuit against Aftenposten, which has seemingly not progressed at all, nor does he answer any of the pressing questions about Svetlichnaja's conflict of interest. It's pure propaganda, and there's no attempt to give a full report on the proceedings, much less a transcript. Amazingly (or perhaps not so), no reference to Svetlichnaja is made on his home page itself except for the December 2006 press conference.
I found a Russian article which gave more info on her background. I put it through an online translation filter (meat grinder?) to discover this mentions her hometown is Cherepovets and that her father was a "known party functionary" who died (I believe perhaps somewhat mysteriously according to this, but it's hard to discern) in the early '90s.
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3 comments:
A note to the person who tried to comment on this post:
(a) We told you not to call yourself anonymous.
(b) We told you not to engage in personal abuse of anyone other than La Russophobe.
Your comment will not be published unless you rectify these issues.
We might also advise that if you want to be taken seriously you make some vague attempt to source your claims. Your own word is, to say the least, not quite convincing.
Have you seen Sunday Times apology?
Sunday Times, 18 February 2007
“We are happy to make it clear that Ms Svetlichnaja has never worked for a state-owned Russian company and we accept that she was not part of any Kremlin-inspired campaign to discredit Mr Litvinenko. We apologise for any distress our report caused her.”
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article1400785.ece
MARK:
Yes, we reported on it here:
http://russophobe.blogspot.com/2007/02/update-on-svetlichnaya.html
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