Andrey Lugovoy and Dmitri Kovtun – backgrounds; movements October/November
Andrey Lugovoy and Dmitri Kovtun – backgrounds; movements October/November
¶2006; public statements since November 2006 a. Andrey Lugovoy background b. Dmitri Kovtun background c. Visit by Andrey Lugovoy and Dmitri Kovtun to London 16 to 18 October 2006
¶(i) Narrative – travel/movements/purpose of visit/meetings etc d. Visit by Andrey Lugovoy to London 25 to 28 October 2006
¶(i) Narrative – travel/movements/purpose of visit/meetings etc e. Dmitri Kovtun's visit to Hamburg 28 to 31 October 2006
(i) Narrative – travel/movements/purpose of visit/meetings etc (ii) Evidence of apparent recruitment attempt for poison plan
¶f. Visit by Andrey Lugovoy and Dmitri Kovtun to London 31 October to
3 November 2006 (i) Narrative – travel/movements/purpose of visit/meetings etc
¶g. Andrey Lugovoy – public statements since 2006/polygraph test h. Dmitri Kovtun – public statements since 2006 14. Traces of Po-210 in London and Hamburg a. Scientific context/methodology of testing for Po-210 b. Evidence of Po-210 traces
269(i) Traces in London apparently associated with events 16 to 18 October 2006 (ii) Traces in London apparently associated with events 25 to 28 October 2006 (iii) Traces in Hamburg apparently associated with events 28 to 31 October 2006 (iv) Traces in London apparently associated with events 31 October to 3 November 2006
¶Appendix 3 | List of Issues 15. Radiation poisoning suffered by Andrey Lugovoy, Dmitri Kovtun and others 16. Alexander Litvinenko's alleged involvement in blackmail 17. Possible involvement of Boris Berezovsky in Alexander Litvinenko's death 18. Possible involvement of Russian state agencies in Alexander Litvinenko's death 19. Possible involvement of UK intelligence agencies in Alexander Litvinenko's death 20. Possible involvement of organised crime/Spanish mafia in Alexander Litvinenko's death 21. The possible involvement of other third parties in Alexander Litvinenko's death, including Mario Scaramella, Chechen groups and others, for example, Alexander Talik
270¶The Litvinenko Inquiry
271¶Appendix 4: Chronology
¶Date Evidence Source 4 December 1962 Alexander Litvinenko (AL) born in Marina Litvinenko 3/19
¶Voronezh, Russia 1980-5 AL attended Ordzhonikidze training Marina Litvinenko 3/24
centre for Interior Ministry Forces in North Ossetia. Graduated as lieutenant in or about 1985
¶1983 AL married first wife 1985 AL's first child, Alexander, was born Marina Litvinenko 3/15 1988 AL joined Committee for State Security INQ017734 (page 3);
(KGB) as officer Marina Litvinenko 3/24-25
¶1991 AL's daughter, Sonya, was born 1991 AL was posted to KGB headquarters in Marina Litvinenko
Moscow 3/27-28; INQ017734 (page 3)16 INQ017734 (page 3 paragraph 9) INQ019146 (page 25 paragraph 77) Goldfarb 26/56-57 Mascall 8/78 INQ017728; INQ020308 Dombey 23/20-32 June 1993 AL first met Marina Tsybin (ML) Marina Litvinenko 3/6 1994 AL first met Boris Berezovsky (BB) Berezovsky 25/6-7 1 June 1994 Anatoly Litvinenko (Anatoly) was born Marina Litvinenko 3/12 7 June 1994 AL tasked with investigating attempted INQ017734 (page 3);
¶assassination of BB Berezovsky 25/6-7 14 October 1994 AL married ML INQ017734 (page 2);
¶Marina Litvinenko 3/12 1994 AL transferred to Anti-Terrorist Centre INQ017734 (page 3);
of KGB Marina Litvinenko 3/27-29; 4/80
¶March 1995 AL prevented police from arresting and Berezovsky 25/7 taking BB into custody January 1996 AL present at siege of Pervomayskoye INQ017734 (page 4);
and involved in freeing hostages Marina Litvinenko 3/31-32
¶August 1997 AL joined Department for the INQ017734 (page 5);
Investigation and Prevention of Marina Litvinenko 3/41 Organised Crime (URPO) division within the Federal Security Service (FSB)28 Goldfarb 27/108 lines 8-15 Felshtinsky 23/175 lines 14-17 Attew 13/23 Moughton 8/94-116 INQ017548 (pages 8-9) February 1998 AL visited BB and informed him of the INQ017734 (page
272plot to assassinate him 6); Marina Litvinenko 3/55-56
¶The Litvinenko Inquiry
¶21 March 1998 AL, Viktor Shebalin (VShe), Andrei INQ017734 (page 6);
Ponkin (APon) and others told BB of Marina Litvinenko plot to assassinate him 3/55-56
¶19/20 April 1998 Interview with AL, Alexander Gusak INQ017734 (page 7);
(AGus) and APon was recorded Marina Litvinenko 3/69-70
¶July 1998 AL told Vladimir Putin (VP), Head of INQ017734
FSB about order to assassinate BB (pages 8-9); Marina Litvinenko 3/71-72
¶17 November 1998 AL attended and spoke at press INQ017734
conference, accompanied by VS, APon (pages 9-10); Marina and Mikhail Trepashkin (MT). Extracts Litvinenko 3/80-82 of taped interview televised shortly afterwards
¶December 1998 AL and colleagues dismissed or AL INQ017734
resigned from FSB. AL commenced (pages 10,13); Marina work as consultant for BB and Litvinenko 3/82-83; continued until March 1999 3/91
¶25 March 1999 AL arrested and charged with INQ017734 (page 11);
exceeding authority as an officer. Marina Litvinenko Detained in Lefortovo prison for eight 3/84; 3/86 months
¶26 November 1999 AL acquitted at trial. Rearrested INQ017734
in courtroom and charged with (pages 11-12); Marina manhandling suspects and stealing Litvinenko 3/87-88 goods. Sent to Butyrka prison
¶late 1999-early 2000 AL released from prison and charges INQ017734 (page 12);
¶against him dropped Marina Litvinenko 3/88 spring 2000 Third set of charges brought against INQ017734 (page
AL and closed trial set to take place in 12); Marina Litvinenko Yaroslavl. AL was warned not to leave 3/90-91 town without permission and passport taken from him pending trial
¶September 2000 AL told ML he was going to visit Marina Litvinenko
relatives in Nalchik. However, after 3/94-97 arriving in Nalchik, AL crossed border into Georgia
¶17 October 2000 ML and Anatoly flew to Malaga, Spain INQ017734 (page 14);
¶Marina Litvinenko 3/96 late October 2000 ML and Anatoly flew from Malaga INQ017734 (page 14);
273to Antalya, Turkey, accompanied Marina Litvinenko by Yuri Felshtinsky (YF). AL was 3/102 already in Antalya and was joined by Alex Goldfarb (AGol)
¶Appendix 4 | Chronology
¶31 October/ AL, ML, Anatoly and AGol bought INQ017734 (page 15);1 Marina Litvinenko 3/19-20; INQ017734 (page 2 paragraph 6) Goldfarb 26/123; Emmerson 1/147 INQ022399 November 2000 tickets for flights from Istanbul to Tblisi Marina Litvinenko
with connecting flight in Heathrow. 3/107-108 They arrived at Heathrow airport and AL, ML and Anatoly claimed asylum
¶November 2000 Litvinenkos moved into flat in Marina Litvinenko
¶Kensington, paid for by BB 3/114 May 2001 Litvinenkos granted asylum and INQ017734 (page 15);
indefinite leave to remain in UK. They Marina Litvinenko changed surname and took name of 3/110-111 Carter
¶2001 AL and YF wrote Blowing Up Russia INQ017734 (page 18);
in Russian and English, which was Marina Litvinenko published in 2002 3/131-132
¶2001-2002 AL wrote The Gang from the Lubyanka INQ017734 (page 19);
Marina Litvinenko 4/133
¶21/22 March 2002 AL and ML repeatedly visited by Marina Litvinenko
Victor Kirov, purportedly from Russian 4/18-20; HMG000307 Embassy
¶2002 Litvinenkos moved to Marina Litvinenko
¶140 Osier Crescent, Muswell Hill 3/114-116 12 October 2002 MT sent email to AL informing him that INQ015572;
VShe had told MT that AL would be Marina Litvinenko sentenced to 'out of court elimination' 4/20-23 after publishing his books
¶2003 AL became friends with Akhmed INQ017734
Zakayev (AZ) and Anna Politkovskaya (pages 19-20) (APol)
¶late 2003 AL first introduced to Mario Scaramella Scaramella 15/93-94;
(MS) and agreed to assist in enquiries 27/57-58 that MS was conducting for Mitrokhin Commission. AL and MS met in Naples and London on several occasions regarding work for Mitrokhin Commission between January 2004 and April 2006
¶2004 Arson attacks on Litvinenkos' home at Marina Litvinenko
140 Osier Crescent, and also on AZ's 4/24-26 home on Osier Crescent
¶2004 AL started consultancy work with UK Marina Litvinenko intelligence services 3/146-155 October 2004 Andrey Lugovoy (Lugovoy) came to INQ002470 (pages
274London to watch a football match and 2-3); INQ016593 met up with AL, although Lugovoy (pages 10-11); stated this was in 2005 INQ001788 (page 15)
¶The Litvinenko Inquiry late 2004/early 2005 AL started work with Spanish Marina Litvinenko intelligence services 3/155-157 2005 AL contacted by Roman Shubin, INQ017734 (page 22)
an investigator from the Ukranian Prosecutor's Office regarding the Kuchma tapes
¶last quarter of 2005 AL took Lugovoy to meet Garym Evans Evans 7/31 at RISC's offices 23 January 2006 AL and ML attended BB's 60th birthday INQ017734 (page 30);
party, at which Lugovoy was also INQ018999; Marina present. Lugovoy and AL subsequently Litvinenko 4/15-16 struck up business relationship
¶first quarter of 2006 RISC tasked AL with making enquiries Quirke 11/70-74
into Russian agriculture minister, Alexei Gordeyev (AGor), on behalf of Stolichnaya vodka
¶6 March 2006 VP signed Federal Law no.35-FZ of INQ019146
2006 On Counteraction of Terrorism (pages 20-21 paragraph 64)
¶April/May 2006 Lugovoy and AL attended a meeting Quirke 11/79-82
with Daniel Quirke and Cliff Knuckey at RISC's offices regarding Lugovoy and AL's enquiries into AGor
¶April/May 2006 AL met with Dr Julia Svetlichnaya on Svetlichnaya 25/91;
¶several occasions 25/94 May 2006 AL started working with Dean Attew Attew 13/17
¶(DA)18 Marina Litvinenko 3/40 lines 24-25 INQ019146 (page 25 paragraph 79) BLK000134 Mascall 8/76 Bruce Burgess 21/1-171 Mascall 29/77-78 June 2006 Break in at 25 Grosvenor Street Attew 13/67 June 2006 DA met Lugovoy and AL at Heathrow Attew 13/45-47 airport June/July 2006 AL and Lugovoy met with Tim Reilly Reilly 10/63; 10/68
¶(TR) at Erinys' offices second half of BB reduced financial support to AL Marina Litvinenko June 2006 3/125-127; Cotlick
¶25/37-38; 25/41-43 June/July 2006 AL told Yuri Shvets (YS) that he had Shvets 24/56-57
been fired by BB because of some intrigues
¶5 July 2006 AL published article on Chechenpress BLK000134;
website accusing VP of being a Marina Litvinenko paedophile 3/139-140
¶27 July 2006 Federal Law of 25 July 2002 On INQ019146 (page 21
275Counteracting Extremist Activity paragraph 65) amended and received presidential approval
¶Appendix 4 | Chronology
¶July 2006 Lugovoy and wife visited AL at his Marina Litvinenko home whilst ML and Anatoly on holiday 4/16-17 August 2006 DA commissioned AL to undertake Attew 13/25-26
enquiries into Russian targets, including Victor Ivanov (VI)
¶late summer 2006 TR's evidence was that AL and BB had Reilly 10/23-26, Attew
a big row about BB's failure to follow 13/23 AL's advice. DA also knew they had fallen out
¶September 2006 AL, AZ and AZ's son travelled to Spain Marina Litvinenko
¶4/32-33 19 September 2006 YS sent his completed report on VI to Shvets 24/72
¶AL around 21 September AL told YS he had passed the report to Shvets 24/73 2006 the client between 21 and AL told YS that he had already passed Shvets 24/73 30 September 2006 YS' report on VI to AL's Russian source late September/early AL and BB were reconciled Reilly 10/23-26; Attew October 2006 13/23 7 October 2006 APol was murdered Marina Litvinenko 4/33 13 October 2006 Litvinenkos granted British citizenship INQ017734 (page 16);
and attended citizenship ceremony at Marina Litvinenko Haringey civic centre. AL and Anatoly 3/112-113; 4/34 subsequently attended memorial for APol at Houses of Parliament
¶16 October 2006 10.48am. Lugovoy and Kovtun arrived Mascall 9/4-6
276at Gatwick on Transaero flight UN333 from Moscow (aircraft EI-DDK 734) DC Scott stopped Lugovoy and Kovtun Scott 9/38-40 at Gatwick Airport 10.59-11.37am. AL travelled by bus Mascall 9/83-84 and tube to Green Park 11.45am. Lugovoy called Alexander Shadrin 14/174-175 Shadrin (AS) 11.46am. Lugovoy called AL Shadrin 14/175 Lugovoy and Kovtun checked in at Krgo 9/53; 9/56; Best Western Hotel, Shaftesbury 9/63-64 Avenue (rooms 107 and 308) 3.00-3.40pm. AL, Lugovoy and Kovtun Reilly 10/81-85; attended meeting with TR at Erinys,25 INQ017734 (page 5 paragraph 15) Goldfarb 27/109-110 Goldfarb 26/2-8 Elenora Wall 32/79-80 INQ018946; INQ017548 (pages 8-9); Goldfarb 26/125-127 Mascall 9/123 Grosvenor Street AL, Lugovoy and Kovtun went to itsu, Mascall 9/101 Piccadilly (bill 4.22pm)
¶The Litvinenko Inquiry
6.04pm. AL boarded bus at Tottenham Mascall 9/84 Court Road Lugovoy and Kovtun visited offices of Davison 14/119; EC03/CPL,58 INQ017734 (page 12 paragraphs 40-41) Zakayev 26/144-146 Shvets 24/84-85 Krgo 9/54-60 Goldfarb 27/114-115; INQ019146 (page 19 paragraph 60) Grosvenor Street Shadrin 14/175-180 AL ate dinner at home, felt sick and Marina Litvinenko vomited once 4/34-37 Lugovoy, Kovtun and AS had dinner at Mascall 9/113-115; Pescatori restaurant (bill 10.39pm) Shadrin 14/179-181 Lugovoy and Kovtun went to Dar Mascall 9/115-116 Marrakesh cafe (bill 11.05pm)17 Berezovsky 25/7 Goldfarb 26/122 INQ019146 (page 25 paragraph 77) Mascall 8/75 INQ019031; INQ019054 Dombey 23/24-30; INQ020031 (page 2 paragraphs S9-S10) October 2006 1.37pm. Lugovoy and Kovtun checked Krgo 9/60-61
out of Best Western Hotel 1.50pm. Lugovoy and Kovtun checked Rondoni 10/187; in at Parkes Hotel, Shaftesbury Avenue Mascall 9/121 (rooms 23 and 25) 3.00pm-5.30pm. Lugovoy and Kovtun Mascall 11/126; attended meeting with AS at CPL,58 INQ017734 (page 12 paragraphs 40-41) Zakayev 26/144-146 Shvets 24/84-85 Krgo 9/54-60 Goldfarb 27/114-115; INQ019146 (page 19 paragraph 60) Davison 14/119; Grosvenor Street Shadrin 14/181 AL, Lugovoy and Kovtun attended Quirke 11/87-99 meeting with Daniel Quirke at RISC, Cavendish Place Alexey Valuev met Lugovoy at Parkes Valuev 11/127-130 Hotel AL, Lugovoy and Kovtun went to Mascall 11/132 Golden Dragon Chinese restaurant, Gerrard Street (bill 9.49pm) Lugovoy and Kovtun went to Cafe Mascall 11/136 Boheme, Old Compton Street 10.41pm. AL travelled home by bus Mascall 11/136 from Tottenham Court Road Lugovoy and Kovtun went to Hey Jo Mascall 11/137 nightclub, Jermyn Street
¶18 October 2006 About 3.00am. Lugovoy and Kovtun Mascall 11/137
returned to Parkes Hotel 10.00am. Lugovoy and Kovtun Rondoni 10/193-194 checked out of Parkes Hotel Lugovoy and Kovtun returned from Mascall 9/5-6 London to Moscow on Transaero flight UN444 (aircraft EI-DNM)19 INQ017734 (page 4 paragraph 12) BER000167 INQ001886 (pages 5-6) Mascall 8/77 Tristam Burgess 21/172-213 Death of Dissident, pp.337-338 October 2006 AL spoke at Frontline Club regarding INQ017734 (page 20)
¶the death of APol
277¶Appendix 4 | Chronology
¶25 October 2006 10.54pm. Lugovoy arrived at Heathrow Mascall 12/4-5; 12/11 on BA flight 875 from Moscow (aircraft
G-BNWX)
11.35pm. Lugovoy called Vladimir Mascall 12/26 Voronoff (VV)26 INQ002076 (page 4) Felshtinsky 23/135-137; Goldfarb 5/113-114 Reilly 10/23-26 Elenora Wall 32/81 INQ014604; INQ014605; INQ014607; INQ014608; INQ014609; INQ014610; INQ014611; INQ014612; INQ014613; INQ014620; INQ014621; INQ014623; INQ014624 October 2006 12.10am. Lugovoy checked in at Mascall 12/7-8
Sheraton Park Lane Hotel (room 848) 8.29am. Lugovoy called AS Shadrin 14/188 10.09am. Lugovoy called AL Mascall 12/63-64 10.30am-2.00pm. Lugovoy was driven Bonetti 12/35-42; by chauffeur in Mercedes E-class Patarkatsishvili to Arkady Patarkatsishvili (APat)'s 12/57-58 house for meeting with APat, VV and Marti Pompadour 11.51am-12.30pm. AL travelled by bus Mascall 12/67 and tube to Tottenham Court Road 6.00-7.30pm. Chauffeur drove Lugovoy Bonetti 12/43-45 from APat's house back to Sheraton Hotel 7.35pm. Lugovoy called AL Mascall 12/65 Lugovoy and AL met at Palm Court Mascall 12/68 bar, Sheraton Hotel (bill 7.50pm) 10.09-10.58pm. AL travelled by tube to Mascall 12/69-70 East Finchley
¶27 October 2006 11.30am. Lugovoy attended meeting Davison 14/120;
with AS at EC03/CPL,58 INQ017734 (page 12 paragraphs 40-41) Zakayev 26/144-146 Shvets 24/84-85 Krgo 9/54-60 Goldfarb 27/114-115; INQ019146 (page 19 paragraph 60) Grosvenor Shadrin 14/188; Street (meeting lasted 3-4 hours) Mascall 12/72-76 2.21pm. AL called Lugovoy Mascall 12/78 5.06pm. AL purchased two sim cards Mascall 12/81-83 Lugovoy and AL met at Palm Court Mascall 12/84 bar, Sheraton Hotel (bill 5.21pm) 6.36pm. AL travelled home by tube Mascall 12/84 Lugovoy attended meeting with BB at Mascall 8/63 Berezovsky's offices, Down Street 68; 16/42-43; Glushkov 17/4-20; Berezovsky 25/23 Lugovoy met VV for dinner Mascall 12/86-89
¶28 October 2006 5.34am. Lugovoy checked out of Mascall 12/8
Sheraton Hotel 9.10am. Lugovoy left London on Mascall 12/5; 12/91-92 BA flight 872 to Moscow (aircraft
G-BNWX)
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Kovtun flew from Moscow to Hamburg Mascall 24/2 on Aeroflot flight RA85663 Kovtun was collected from Hamburg Mascall 24/3; Marina airport by Marina Wall Wall 32/60 Kovtun stayed at Marina Wall's house Mascall 24/3; Marina Wall 32/61
¶29 October 2006 Kovtun stayed at Elenora Wall's house Mascall 24/6; Elenora
¶Wall 32/76-78 30 October 2006 Marina Wall took Kovtun to aliens Mascall 24/7-8
registration office Kovtun met D3 at Tarantella restaurant Mascall 24/9; D3 30/54-55 7.14pm. D7 called C2 D7 30/152 Kovtun stayed at D3's flat Mascall 24/8; D3 30/59-60
¶31 October 2006 AL/YS submitted due diligence report Attew 13/30-31
on Kirill Shubskiy 7.11am. Tatiana Lugovoya and Maxim Mascall 13/171-172; Begak arrived at Heathrow on BA flight 13/187 881 from Moscow (aircraft G-EUUG) AL visited DA at Titon,25 INQ017734 (page 5 paragraph 15) Goldfarb 27/109-110 Goldfarb 26/2-8 Elenora Wall 32/79-80 INQ018946; INQ017548 (pages 8-9); Goldfarb 26/125-127 Grosvenor Attew 13/51-52 Street 4.00pm. AL had a meeting at Hyatt 5/47-48 Waterstones, Piccadilly. He drank hot chocolate and ate some croissants 4.36pm. Tatiana Lugovoya checked in Mascall 13/191-192 at Millennium Hotel Maxim Begak checked in at Regency Mascall 13/188 Hotel (room 404) AL visited AZ's house during evening. Hyatt 5/50 He took sweets for AZ's children and drank tea with AZ 6.35pm. Lugovoy, Svetlana, Galina Mascall 13/192-193 and Igor Lugovoy and Viacheslav Sokolenko (VSok) arrived at Heathrow on BA flight 873 from Moscow (aircraft