Russian Special Forces Used Alexander Litvinenko Head as Tar

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Russian Special Forces Used Alexander Litvinenko Head as Target Practice The head of a center that trains security personnel and held a competition for Russian special forces confirmed Tuesday that it has used shooting targets showing the photo of a... more

Russian Special Forces Used Alexander Litvinenko Head as Target Practice The head of a center that trains security personnel and held a competition for Russian special forces confirmed Tuesday that it has used shooting targets showing the photo of a former agent who was fatally poisoned in London last year. However, Sergei Lysyuk, head of the Vityaz Center, said he had been unaware that the photo target showed the poisoned ex-agent, Alexander Litvinenko. The fact that it was Litvinenko, we only found out later from the press, Lysyuk told The Associated Press. We did not shoot at Litvinenko, we shot at a target. Russian media this week published photographs of Sergei Mironov, head of the Russian parliament s upper house, visiting the center in early November. His visit, to present awards in a competition for Interior Ministry special forces, came about a week after Litvinenko fell ill; one photo shows the Litvinenko target in the background. Lysyuk insisted his company held the contest only as a favor to former Interior Ministry colleagues, whose own training ground was being repaired. Shared by : norvig On: 01/31/2007 at: 07:55:01 Views: 123 Tags: Head Special Russian Practice Target as Used Forces Alexander Litvinenko Russian Special Forces Used Alexander Litvinenko Head as Target Practice The head of a center that trains security personnel and held a competition for Russian special forces confirmed Tuesday that it has used shooting targets showing the photo of a former agent who was fatally poisoned in London last year. However, Sergei Lysyuk, head of the Vityaz Center, said he had been unaware that the photo target showed the poisoned ex-agent, Alexander Litvinenko. The fact that it was Litvinenko, we only found out later from the press, Lysyuk told The Associated Press. We did not shoot at Litvinenko, we shot at a target. Russian media this week published photographs of Sergei Mironov, head of the Russian parliament s upper house, visiting the center in early November. His visit, to present awards in a competition for Interior Ministry special forces, came about a week after Litvinenko fell ill; one photo shows the Litvinenko target in the background. Lysyuk insisted his company held the contest only as a favor to former Interior Ministry colleagues, whose own training ground was being repaired. less

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