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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