Litvinenko’s friend claims he was poisoned by the Kremlin

On photo: Former Soviet spy Oleg Gordievsky, left, receives an Order from Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace in London.

 

British police are investigating an apparent attempt to kill a former Russian spy who defected to Britain and was honored by the Queen. Former Soviet spy Oleg Gordievsky, was taken by ambulance from his Surrey home to a hospital in Guildford after falling ill in November last year.