It turns out that the Russian defector in London was not killed with thallium, but with polonium 210. The British authorities are now scrambling to find anyone who may have been exposed to Litvinenko’s bodily fluids, as they may also may be at risk.
Meanwhile, Putin is pretending that this wasn’t even a murder, and is stalling for time in diplomacy to avoid an investigation. Somehow, I don’t think this one is going to blow over — if it were a Muslim country, the harsh criticism would be called ‘racism’ by domestic ‘rights groups’ and the whole situation would be hushed up. With the Russians at the other end of a radioactive murder, that’s not likely to happen.