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| Kovtun unable to account for radioactive trace in Hamburg |
| 2006-12-15 |
| (Itar-Tass) -- Dmitry Kovtun, a Russian businessman, a witness on the “Litvinenko case” against whom criminal proceedings were instituted in Germany, cannot give any explanations on how he left a radioactive trace in Hamburg. Kovtun, who has been accused of bringing illegally radioactive materials to Germany, believes he might bring the radionuclides to Hamburg from London. Speaking in a telephone interview with the Spiegel Te-Fau TV Company, Kovtun said he had met Alexander Litvinenko, poisoned with polonium-210, in London on October 16, 17 and 18. “As is known, the traces keep on for a long time, and when one travels about the world, he may leave them everywhere,” Kovtun said. He expressed regret over having troubled the German public so much. “It is me who brought all those problems to Germany. My family also suffers from it a great deal,” he continued. According to his information, he is staying in one of the Moscow clinics. Commenting on his health, he said he was feeling better “by the days.” He hopes to check out of the hospital later this week. |
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