Litvinenko, who fled to London in 2000, fell ill on November 1st, hours after he had tea with KGB officer-turned-businessman Andrei Lugovoi and another Russian businessman, Dmitry Kovtun, at the Millennium Hotel's Pine Bar in the British capital.
Litvinenko, koji je pobegao u London 2000. godine, razboleo se 1. novembra, nekoliko sati nakon što je otišao na čaj sa oficirom KGB-a, a sada biznismenom Andrejem Lugovojem i drugim ruskim biznismenom Dmitrom Kovtunom, u Pajn baru hotela Milenijum u britanskoj prestonici.