Chechen Connection and PO-210 Smuggling

There is a theory connecting Alexander Litvinenko to Chechnya and an alleged Polonium-210 smuggling plot. I will try and provide a representative sampling of articles here, on this possibility.

Akhmed Zakayev: Litvinenko’s Chechen Connection John Fenzel describes for the reader, a fascinating relationship between Alexander Litvinenko and Akhmed Zakayev, the Foreign Minister of Chechen republic government-in-exile.

New wrinkle in Litvinenko's death The Online Journal, Wayne Madsen writes about several smuggling theories, including a Chechen press release reference to "the weapon" may have been hinting at a project to build a radioactive "dirty bomb" by Litvinenko. London's Observer surmised as much in a December 3 report: "Among the theories that remain open is that the poisonings were an accident that happened while Litvinenko tried to assemble a dirty bomb for Chechen rebels. Those who know him believe he was crazy enough to attempt such a thing and, in the past week, some have implicated him in the smuggling of nuclear materials from Russia."

Litvinenko Assassination Theory Just About Eliminated AJ Strata, Strata-Sphere, writes an convincing essay on the smuggling theory. This is an excellent background piece. The title says it all!

German Police Suspect Polonium Smuggling Ring Charles Ganske of Real Russia Project, report that German police suspect that Alexander Litvinenko and his associate Dimitry Kovtun were involved in smuggling polonium out of Russia. German detectives found traces of polonium in Dimitry Kovtun's apartment in Hamburg,

Did Litvinenko And Berezovsky Support Chechyan Terrorists? AJ Strata, in his blog, Strata-Sphere makes the case for a Chechen connection. I always wondered why the Chechen terrorists, just a day after Litvinenko died, named him a martyr for the Chechen cause. It was one of the indicators that Litvinenko was more likely smuggling Po-210 to Putin’s enemies than being the target of a Po-210 armed Putin assassin. How a Russian could become a Muslim martyr while living in London. Quite impressive. Now it seems there may be first hand knowledge out of Chechnya of Berezovsky’s personal hand (with Litvinenko) in allying with those trying to topple Putin and the Russian government.

Interim Chechen president’s claims undermine search for truth in Politkovskaya case Reporters Without Borders responds to Chechnya’s acting President Ramzan Kadyrov's claim, that he was personally present at meetings at which Boris Berezovsky compromised himself and that Berezovsky, aided by Alexander Litvinenko, had financed Chechen separatist fighters with the aim of destroying Russia.

Ridiculous News Media On Litvinenko’s Poisoning AJ Strata, in his blog, Strata-Sphere, asks the obvious question: This was not an assassination. That young, central asian man who flew to London with Kovtun and disappeared the same day all the Po-210 left London sounds like a Chechen, monitoring the final movements of all the Po-210 that made its way through London last October. There are amounts of Po-210 spread all over London, Hamburg and Moscow that would kill Litvinenko many times over. How is it this assassination effort got more Po-210 on the rug of a hotel room than they ever got into Litvinenko after ‘multiple’ tries? Forget the assassination theory. If the trail and the poisoned people are simply the debris from handling (and mishandling) the Po-210, then the big questions is what was the amount of Po-210 that was being smuggled that left this trail?

As AJStrata Predicted: Litvinenko Poisoned In Hotel Room! AJ Strata, in his blog, Strata-Sphere writes that “Friends of the ex-spy” are also possible associates who could be involved in the smuggling of Po-210 through London and possibly to Russia. The fact is every time Lugovoi traveled to London to meet Litvinenko and the British security firms Litvinenko worked for, Po-210 ended up contaminating multiple rooms. There are excellent resource links to this blog.

Litvinenko 'smuggled nuclear material' Cahal Milmo, Peter Popham and Jason Bennetto with The Independent, report on a conversation that Mario Scaramella had with Alexander Litvinenko on November 1, 2006, that he (Litvinenko) had organized the smuggling of nuclear material out of Russia for his security service employers.

Chechnya's ghosts loom large in the death of former spy Danica Kirka explores Alexander Litvinenko's conversion to Islam in this NC Times article. Litvinenko was moved by the immense suffering of Muslims in Chechnya. Another theory suggested conversion may have been an act of moral redress, for the injustice Muslims feel globally. "For Litvinenko, his conversion meant that he associated his struggle for justice with the struggle of the Islamic communities worldwide and in Russia in particular," said Geidar Dzhemal, the head of Islamic Committee of Russia, the leading Islamic advocacy group in Russia.

New wrinkle in Litvinenko's death Wayne Madsen, on the propagandamatrix blog, analyzes the Chechen connection, including the possibility of a smuggling accident.