Russian army ‘came knocking’ to recruit son of slain spy Alexander Litvinenko

03/12/2022 18:07 The Guardian

The poisoned agent’s son Anatoly tells of the visit to his Moscow flat, as ITV prepares to screen a drama about the killing of his father, played by David TennantAnatoly Litvinenko: How the Kremlin tried to conscript meThe Moscow home of the son of Alexander Litvinenko, the defector killed with polonium-210 in London in 2006, has been visited by recruiting officers from the Russian army hoping to sign him up.Anatoly Litvinenko, 28, has revealed that he was called up for military service in Ukraine a few weeks ago by soldiers who seemed unaware of his tragic history with Vladimir Putin’s regime. Continue reading...

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