One of the men accused of assassinating Alexander Litvinenko in London has died of COVID-19
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Dmitry Kovtun, together with Andrei Lugovoy, is alleged to have carried out the 2006 killing on behalf of Russia's Federal Security Service .Lugovoy, now a prominent member of Russia's parliament, said he was mourning the death of a"close and faithful friend", the agency reported.
Mr Litvinenko, a British citizen, was a former KGB agent who went on to work for MI6 after fleeing to the UK.He died an agonising death after being poisoned in London after his tea was laced with Polonium 210, a rare and very potent radioactive isotope.
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