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Putin's Russia already waging conflict on streets of London, says military expert

The warning came from Leyton and Wanstead MP Calvin Bailey who served for over 24-years in the Royal Air Force

Evening Standard · Dec 5, 2025

Litvinenko on ITVX: David Tennant’s dying spy is only the start of the story in this unshowy drama

A low key, but still horrific, exploration of Alexander Litvinenko’s killing in London and the subsequent police investigation

Evening Standard · Dec 15, 2022

David Tennant praises heroic widow of poisoned Russian dissident Alexander Litvinenko

Doctor Who and Broadchurch star David Tennant, who is playing Alexander Litvinkenko in a new ITV drama about the Putin critic's murder, says the Russian's widow Marina's amazing courage is incredible

Daily Mirror · Dec 3, 2022

Kremlin assassin who killed ex-spy at London hotel dies from Covid in Russia

Dmitri Kovtun was accused of poisoning former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko in London with a rare radioactive substance stashed in his tea in 2006

Daily Mirror · Jun 4, 2022

Russian accused of killing Alexander Litvinenko reportedly dies from Covid-19

Dmitri Kovtun was one of two men who a UK inquiry ruled had laced the former Russian spy’s tea with a rare radioactive substance in 2006.

The Independent UK · Jun 4, 2022