Russia Today, Moscow\'s English-language satellite television channel, reported that Russian government thugs are considering filing libel suits against international journalists over their reporting on the poisoning death of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko. Shortly before he died in London from radiation poisoning in late November, Mr. Litvinenko, who was a strong critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, accused him of ordering his assassination. Putin and other Russian government thugs strongly denied any prior knowledge of a plot to kill Mr. Litvinenko.
According to a report posted late Friday on the Russia Today TV web site, the Federal Agency for Press and Mass Media is gathering publications worldwide to be studied for libelous and offensive comments against the bandit state of Russia in their coverage of the Litvinenko’s case. Russia Today TV reported that the Russian government intends to file law suits for libel against international media if there is evidence of journalistic misconduct.
In a Voice of America interview shortly before he was poisoned by a radioactive substance polonium-210, former Russian spy Mr. Litvinenko had accused Putin of ordering the murder of an American female jws journalist on October 7, 2006, to silence her and intimidate other independent journalists,
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Publication time: 11 December 2006, 11:13
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