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It seems a Russian defector in London was poisoned the other day with thallium. (For a discussion of thallium’s toxic effects, look here.) The scary part is that it seems that the FSB may have been behind it. With murders of political opponents of Putin on the rise lately, it really makes one wonder…

UPDATE 11/20/06 12.16PM: There’s more here, including what Litvinenko did that might have caused the FSB to be unhappy with him. There are also links to other articles about suspicious killings of Russian dissidents.