Entrepreneur Dmitry Kovtun, whom the British authorities accused of the deaths of the ex-officer of the FSB Alexander Litvinenko, died of the consequences of coronavirus infection, TASS reports.
Recall, Britain accuses Russia of the death of an ex-employee of the FSB. Alexander Litvinenko, who fled to the UK in 2000, died on November 23, 2006 at the 44th year of his life shortly after receiving British citizenship. After his death, the specialists of the British Health Agency claimed that they discovered a significant amount of the radioactive element of the Polonium-210.
in his body.
The death of Litvinenko led to a sharp exacerbation of relations between Moscow and London.