Alexander Litvinenko was a Russian secret agent who fell into disfavour - so fled Russia and claimed political asylum in the UK. Recently he was poisoned with polonium (a radioactive element, which is very deadly), after a meeting with two former KGB agents, and later died. My question is, what makes Vladimir Putin (the president of Russia) think that he has the right to poison people in a foreign country? More disturbingly, how powerful and autocratic must Putin be that he thinks he can get away with things like this - combine this to the fact that Putin openly admits he was proud of the time he served in the KGB himself, does this give us reason to fear this new Russia?
2006-11-27
11:58:36
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