The Polonium Mystery

While the mainstream media has already tried and convicted Vladimir Putin as being responsible for the death of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko, Katrina vanden Heuvel looks at an alternative hypothesis that reveals a deeper problem - the trafficking of the dangerous radioactive isotope polonium 210.

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