As everyone who reads this blog knows I have been of the opinion that the Po-210 that was smuggled into London last October (possibly during three separate consignments, each of which could have dwarfed the amount that killed Alexander Litvinenko, was an effort by Boris Berezovsky to plant a story of nuclear holocaust at the feet of Putin’s administration. I came by this opinion by looking at the evidence and the total illogic of using an expensive commodity – perfect for a nuclear dirty bomb – to kill an unknown has-been like Litvinenko. Now it turns out that this may not be the first time Berezovsky staged an incident to frame Putin in a faux assassination effort:

A man identified only as Pyotr said that former KGB officer Alexander Litvinenko had offered him millions of dollars to falsely confess that he had been assigned to kill Boris Berezovsky, a critic of the Kremlin, with a poisoned fountain pen.

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Pyotr said he had refused Litvinenko’s offer but was dosed with psychotropic drugs and forced to falsely confess on tape, the reporter for Rossiya television’s weekly news program “News of the Week.”

While there are reports the Po-210 that killed Litvinenko was produced in Russia, there are also reports Russia has accounted for all the Po-210 it has produced and exported – to the point of exportation. So what if the Po-210, produced in Russia, was obtained outside of Russia to provide a trail back to the government? Is it any surprise that the people tied to the Polonium trail in London both worked for Berezovsky closely, and protected his life as well as the life of his daughter? That would be Litvinenko and Lugovoi. And is it surprising the Polonium trail is connected to every meeting Litvinenko had with Lugovoi when he visited London in October? And is it any surprise the Po-210 trail runs directly to Berezovsky’s office and to locations in his office tied to Litvinenko (the copier) and Lugovoi (the couch).

These connections between the two people tied to the Polonium trail and locations in Berezovsky’s office were made by Berezovsky’s mouthpiece Alex Goldfarb. He is the one who made statements to the media about how Po-210 was possibly deposited by the two men. And Berezovsky has admitted both men visited his office around the time of Litvinenko’s fatal dose. So why would Berezovsky use Po-210 tied to Russia to frame Putin? It is obvious.

The TV program said the false confession tape was a key element in a British court’s decision not to extradite Berezovsky to face criminal charges in Russia, and to eventually grant him citizenship – an apparent suggestion that Berezovsky tried to eliminate witnesses to the subterfuge, including Litvinenko.

Pyotr said he was under British police protection because he feared for his life.

Two things to note. Unlike Putin, the Po-210 trail does lead right to Berezovsky’s desk – literally. But also note that this mysterious Pyotr is NOT in Russia, but in England and under their protection. This would tell me this is not a Russian propaganda game. And it explains why Lugovoi and Kovtun, the two other seriously poisoned by the Po-210 and tied to the trail across Moscow, Hamburg and London are acting like they are cooperating witnesses and not suspects.

This doesn’t look like wild speculation. It is noteworthy the Russian investigators, aided by Scotland Yard, were interested in the financial accounts of Berezovsky and Litvinenko. Maybe here is why:

In the Vesti Nedeli broadcast, Pyotr claimed that he also had gone to England to seek political asylum in 2003 and that he was approached by Litvinenko two days after arriving.

Litvinenko, Pyotr claimed, told him: “We recognized you, you are a KGB colonel … (I know) that your goal is to assassinate Berezovsky.”

Litvinenko further told him, “‘Admit that you are supposed to kill Berezovsky with poison hidden in a fountain pen and we will pay you 2 million pounds,”‘ Pyotr said. The program claimed that the proposed payment eventually rose to 40 million pounds.

40 million pounds is 60 million dollars – well enough to pay for smuggled Polonium 210. There is also word of another unnamed Berezovsky associate in the deal – wonder who that is. Is it the Chechyan rebel neighbor of Litvinenko? What is clear is there is now some indication that Berezovsky not only tried to buy Putin when he was head of the FSB, not only tried to extort Putin, but tried to frame him as well. It seems there are no limits, no amount of money Berezovsky will dole out to remove Putin and take over Russia.

I still think Litvinenko’s death was an accident that exposed the start of a heinous nuclear crime, and possibly a frame-up to unseat Putin. And the more we learn the more reasonable that view appears.