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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Tom Haynes & Will Stewart

'Radioactive prisoner' wanted for murder tipped for top new job in Russia

Vladimir Putin is considering giving a "radioactive poisoner" approval to lead one of Russia 's major political parties, sources have claimed.

Ex-spy Andrei Lugovoy, 55, is wanted in London for the murder of Putin foe Alexander Litvinenko after allegedly spiking his tea with deadly polonium-210 in 2006.

Now sources have said Lugovoy could end up leading Russia's ultranationalist Liberal-Democratic Party.

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