Several senior Russian politicians have said that the deaths of Politkovskaya and Litvinenko were playing into the hands of Russia's enemies and, therefore, could not have been authorized by Moscow.
ロシアの有力政治家数人は、ポリツコフスカヤ氏やリトビネンコ氏の死はロシアの敵の術中にはまったものであり、したがってモスクワに承認されてはいないと言った。