Apr 03 2007
Berezovsky Establishes PR Fund
Berezovsky, after admitting he did not cooperate with Russian investigators, is now claiming politics is obstructing the investigation into how Alexander Litvinenko was contaminated and died from exposure to Polonium 210, a deadly radioactive material smuggled into London last fall and used in nucear weapons triggers (as well as useful in a dirty bomb, as Litvinenko’s death so starkly illustrates).
Mr Berezovsky said he voluntarily agreed to be questioned by Russian prosecutors in London last Friday in the presence of British police. He said he had been asked “irrelevant questions†about his business dealings and links with certain individuals.
The businessman was speaking at the London launch of the Litvinenko Justice Foundation, established with an initial £500,000 donation from Mr Berezovsky as part of a campaign to keep the case in the public eye, and ensure those responsible are brought to trial.
I cannot but help but note the intent to “keep the case in the public eye”. In other words Berezovsky is putting a measely $750K into a PR slush fund – no doubt run by Alex Goldfarb. In the word of million dollar Super Bowl commercial slots, the money is a pittance. But it will be good at PR. And apparently no one is a suspect:
According to UK police sources, Scotland Yard is not treating Mr Berezovsky as a suspect.
Instead the forensic evidence British police have unearthed points to the possible involvement of former KGB officer, Andrei Lugovoi, who met Litvinenko in London last autumn but has returned to Moscow.
Mr Lugovoi has repeatedly denied involvement in Litvinenko’s death and the Kremlin has dismissed suggestions that it was involved as “nonsenseâ€.
As I have speculated, if Lugovoi was unwittingly transporting the material for Berezovsky and Litvinenko, and there was a containment failure which killed Litvinenko and nearly killed Lugovoi and Kovtun, then the evidence would ‘point’ to Lugovoi, but the case could be headed in a different direction. But we shall see. Of all the people involved, the man with Po-210 all over his office – Berezovsky – is the one making the most noise and apparently trying to deflect public attention at every opportunity. If it was Lugovoi, then Scotland Yard has a case which will come out. Berezovsky need not continuously push the story – it will come out. Unless it is not going to come out the way he wants it to.
Mr Berezovsky hit out at reports on Russian national television channels in recent days seeking to link him to the murder. The oligarch said he had instructed his lawyers to take legal action against TV stations that aired them, accusing them of complicity with the Russian authorities.
The man who pointed to Berezovsky resides in Britian and is beyond Russian influence. And he is the man who testified to Putin’s attempts on Berezovsky’s life by Russian authorities when he was seeking asylum. How is it this man is credible when he claims Putin tried to have Berezovsky killed but is not credible when he claims Berezovsky may have killed Litvinenko? Either he is or is not credible and that counts on both accusations.
What has worried me from the start is the pattern that appears to suggest three consignments of Po-210 entering London and resulting in Po-210 contamination surrounding three meetings Litvinenko had with Lugovoi (is this were the material was provided to Lugovoi the courrier for transport to Russia?). Three consigments is overkill for the microscopic dusting that killed Litvinenko (yes, Po-210 is that toxis that an amount the size of a grain of dust on the air can kill). What if there is more Po-210 out there? That puts statements like this into a chilling light:
“Until the method of this absolutely new type of killing using a nuclear micro-bomb is uncovered, not a single person in the U.K. or elsewhere in the world can feel safe against a similar murder,” Berezovsky said.
Indeed. And we still do not know how Po-210 made it into Berezovsky’s office, though we do know he met with Litvinenko the day he took and Lugovoi the day before that, in his offices. The Russian investigators, upon returning to Russia, clearly indicated Berezovsky was anything but cooperative. I wonder why, if he wants results, Berezovsky is not helping by answering questions?
This poisoning happened because in 1999 the Russian secret police bombed some buildings and killed hundreds of Russians. The bombings got Putin elected and served as a pretext for starting the war in Chechnya. People who have said this are murdered or imprisoned.
http://legendofpineridge.blogspot.com/2007/03/polonium-poisoning-and-russian.html
The famous expert on the KGB, Paul Joyal was shot right after he said on TV Putin was responsible for the Polonium. The British expert Dan McGrory, who appeared on the same program died unexpectedly.
http://legendofpineridge.blogspot.com/2007/03/russian-expert-paul-joyal-spoke-truth.html
The British say Berezovsky is not a suspect:
“British police have refused to comment publicly on the case beyond confirming in late January that they had handed a file to the Crown Prosecution Service.
According to UK police sources, Scotland Yard is not treating Mr Berezovsky as a suspect.
Instead the forensic evidence British police have unearthed points to the possible involvement of former KGB officer, Andrei Lugovoi, who met Litvinenko in London last autumn but has returned to Moscow.”
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ft/20070403/bs_ft/fto040320071503260917
Why would you believe the official Russian characterization of Berezovsky’s behavior? Why do you fail to report the findings of the British, who are ruled by laws and not by criminals?
In 1998, Aleksandr Litvinenko is an amazing thing. He gave a press conference in Russia and claimed that he was ordered to kill the exiled oligarch Boris Berezovsky. Before he was murdered, Litvinenko reportedly even claimed that the FSB trained Osama Bin Laden’s deputy Ayman al-Zawahiri in Dagestan in the years before the 9/11 attacks. In 2005, Litvinenko reportedly told a Polish paper called Rzeczpospolita that Zawahiri was trained in Dagestan.
http://legendofpineridge.blogspot.com/2007/03/polonium-poisoning-and-russian.html
Litvinenko’s book is out in English. It is called Blowing Up Russia and it is banned there.
http://www.amazon.com/Blowing-Up-Russia-Secret-Terror/dp/1594032017/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-5268698-3720034?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1173618007&sr=8-1
Putin is the President of Russia. If all this stuff was lies about him, he would be able to make the case that all these (mostly dead) people are big liars. He would show their lies.
He doesn’t. There are just a lot of vague accusations.
Look, some people in the FSB (KGB) told that the FSB (KGB) did those bombings. It was incredibly brave.
So they are dead or in prison and you are telling the official Russian propaganda about them.
THIS is what is going on.
http://legendofpineridge.blogspot.com/2007/03/polonium-poisoning-and-russian.html
Also the KGB expert Paul Joyal was shot right in his driveway for saying the same things about Putin that Litvinenko did.
And again some chronology.
On July 3, 1996 Yeltsin was re-elected as president. Next election should be on June 2000. How could appartment bombing in September affect president election on next year?
Again, first apartment bombing happend on November 16, 1996 in Kaspiysk (Dagestan) 69 people died. Three years before september 1999! Putin was a Deputy Chief of the Presidential Property Management Department at this time.
Putin was NOT elected as president initially. On December 31, 1999 Yeltsin resigned and, according to the constitution, Putin became President. Question again – what reason for him to bombing appartment when he became presidency automatically? Isn’t it good enough to became dictator at this point?
Again Chechen rebel invaded Dagestan republic of Russia on 7 august 1999. Is it not good reason to start the war? Putin was no Prime Minister at this time! Ha was apointment as Prime Minister on 16 August.
All terrorists involved to appartment bombing in Russia was condemned. All of them were chechens. More here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_apartment_bombings
Please also read article about Alexey Galkin (One of figurant in Litvinenko book) admission by Elen Vomak in “Independent” 6.1.2000
http://somnenie.narod.ru/bl/vomak.html
and then interview of Galkin for Russian TV November 2002 about how this admission was given and what happened next. (Automatic translation from russian)
http://www.translate.ru/url/tran_url.asp?lang=ru&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsomnenie.narod.ru%2Fbl%2Fgalkin.html&direction=re&template=General&cp1=NO&cp2=NO&autotranslate=on&transliterate=on&psubmit2.x=53&psubmit2.y=10
Turboruss,
You are kidding right? Someone being held against their will and clearly under threat and you think the confession is real? What it tells me is the Chechen’s are echoing Litvinenko’s line (which is as about as believable as Bush and Cheney being behind 9-11 for power). And since they decided to try and push the Litvinenko line, they too felt the need to divert attention away from other possibilities. Sorry, the guy has no detailed evidence.
Strata,
This is exactly what I’m talking about.