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In early April, the newspaper Novaya Buryatia, a regional publication in Russia’s south-central Siberia, published an article on its website about the Buryat soldier, a member of the Russian military who was wounded in Ukraine. His interview had been published in Russia a month before. The publication in Novaya Buryatia got a lot of attention from readers, who started a heated argument in the “comments” section on the website. Wishing to avoid being drawn into in an “information war,” the editors decided to delete the article not only from the website, but also from the already-printed 50 thousand copies of the newspaper. The editing was carried out using scissors, and the article was literally cut out from every one of the 50 thousand printed copies. It took the journalists 72 hours to complete the task.

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One of two Russians accused of poisoning ex-Soviet spy Alexander Litvinenko in London in 2006 said on Wednesday the former KGB officer may have killed himself accidentally while handling radioactive polonium.
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At a rare news conference in Moscow, Kovtun said Litvinenko's death could be classified as "inadvertent suicide".

"My main version is that it was an accident," said Kovtun, adding that he believed Litvinenko had been exposed to polonium before their meeting.

"I am more than certain he dealt with polonium without even knowing it. It might have been a leak and polonium was accumulating in his body gradually."
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Kovtun said his own health was largely fine despite exposure to radiation due to meeting Litvinenko.

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According to German investigators, the polonium traces were found on a couch where Kovtun is believed to have slept at his ex-wife's apartment in Hamburg (Altona-Ottensen) the night before he headed to London for a meeting with Litvinenko and according to British investigators, polonium traces were found on the airplanes in which Kovtun traveled between Moscow and London. Polonium traces were also found in Kovtun's car in Hamburg.
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Kovtun was hospitalised in Moscow with radiation poisoning at the beginning of December 2006. On 12 December 2006, he told Russia's Channel One TV that his "health was improving."

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On the morning of April 7, a US RC-135U, flying a routine route in international airspace, was intercepted by a Russian Su-27 Flanker in an unsafe and unprofessional manner,” the Washington Free Beacon (WFB) cited Pentagon spokeswoman Eileen M. Lainez as saying.

“The United States is raising this incident with Russia in the appropriate diplomatic and official channels,” she added.

The official said that a Russian Su-27 (NATO designation – Flanker) passed within a half-dozen meters of the unarmed reconnaissance aircraft, whereas the Sukhoi’s wingspan is 14.7 meters. The Pentagon spokeswoman dubbed the behavior of Russian pilot “reckless” and endangering the safety of the RC-135 crew.

Major-General Igor Konashenkov, spokesman for the Russian Defense Ministry, said that the interception was launched after “Russian air defense radars spotted an unidentified air target over the Baltic Sea making steady progress toward the national border.” The aircraft had its transponder turned off, Konashenkov said.

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@RT_com The US aircraft had transponder ON.
Transponder code: AE01D5
Registration: 64-14849
Callsign: TELEX97

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