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As Bruno noted, my own pet theory on the Litvinenko killling is that whoever did it wanted to be discovered, in order to send a message to some other rival.

Looks like that may actually be the case:

Boris Berezovsky, an exiled Russian billionaire and fierce opponent of the Kremlin, confirmed today that police found radioactive traces in his offices following the death last week of his close associate, Alexander Litvinenko, allegedly poisoned by radiation.

While the association between the two men has become widely known, the discovery of radioactive traces at Mr. Berezovsky’s Mayfair offices highlighted their close ties and offered one more clue about Mr. Litvinenko’s movements on the day he first reported feeling unwell on Nov. 1.

Mr. Beresovsky, one of the most prominent and wealthy Russian exiles in London, visited Mr. Litvinenko in his hospital bed before he died. Apart from the traces at his offices, where Mr. Litvinenko was a frequent visitor, he has not been implicated in the police inquiry.

Mr. Litvinenko, a former Russian secret service agent, accused the Russian authorities of poisoning him with what the police said was an ingestion of a radioactive isotope, polonium 210. But Mr. Berezovsky pointedly refrained today from making a similarly direct accusation.

The emphasis is mine … looks like the message got through, eh?

And another thing about this. Polonium 210 is a pretty specific calling card. Thus, I wouldn’t be surprised if this was an action not just of Putin’s cronies, but of a very specific group of his cronies who really, really wanted to get themselves noticed.