Pfupisa nyaya yacho:  Anofungidzirwa kuti akaponda Dmitri Kovtun anoti Alexander Litvinenko akazviuraya netsaona. Mumwe wevarume vanopomerwa kuuraya Alexander Litvinenko nhasi akataura kuti rufu rwemusori weRussia rwunogona kuva 'kuzviuraya netsaona' pashure pokunge abata polonium asingazivi. Dmitri Kovtun, uyo anotsvakwa nokuda kwokuponda mupanduki wacho, akaomerera pakuti akanga asina kubatanidzwa murufu rwaVaLitvinenko uye akataura kuti akanga azvibaya chepfu asingazvizivi. Mufungiri, aichimbova mumiririri weKGB, akabvuma kupa ufakazi pakutsvakurudzwa kworufu rwaLitvinenko chero bedzi achipiwa kodzero yokuongorora ufakazi hwakavanzika hwakapiwa nemapurisa. Kana Kovtun akapupura, achafanira kuita kudaro kupfurikidza nekubatanidzwa nevhidhiyo, nokuti achasungwa achipomerwa kuponda kana akaedza kuenda kuBritain. VaLitvinenko vakasangana naKovtun naAlexander Lugovoi, mumwe aimbova musori, muLondon nguva pfupi asati arwara nechepfu yemwaranzi munaNovember 2006 uye akafa aine makore 43. Pamusangano wenhau muRussia nhasi, Kovtun akazivisa kusava nemhosva kwake uye akapomera VaLitvinenko nokuda kworufu rwavo - achiti akanga achitakura polonium panzvimbo pokupiwa naKovtun naLugovoi, sezvakanga zvambotaurwa kare. Akarondedzera rufu rwacho so'kuzviuraya netsaona,' achiwedzera kuti: 'Ndine chokwadi chokuti akanga achibata nepolonium asingazvizivi. 'Zvichida paiva norudzi rwakati rwekudonha kwepolonium uye yakanga ichiunganidza zvishoma nezvishoma mumuviri wake. 'Handizivi kana akanga ainayo kana kuti kana mumwe munhu akamupa chimwe chinhu chaaiva nacho. Akawana kupi polonium yacho, ndiwo mubvunzo.' Dzorera pasi kuti uone vhidhiyo. Akaurayiwa: Litvinenko akafa nekupiswa nemwaranzi muna November 2006 pashure pokunge asangana naKovtun naAlexander Lugovoi. Kuramba: Kovtun akaudza musangano wenhau nhasi kuti akanga asina chokuita norufu rwaLitvinenko. Muongororwo wakambonzwa kuti VaLitvinenko vakadya polonium-210 pavakamwa kapu yetii panguva yemusangano nevarume vaviri vekare veKGB paMillennium Hotel iri pakati peLondon. Asi Kovtun akati ikoku kwakanga kusingabviri, achiwedzera, kuti: 'Litvinenko...
Dmitri Kovtun anotaura kuti Alexander Litvinenko akanga achitakura polonium asingazvizivi. Anoti rufu rweiye aimbova musori rwakanga rwuri'kuzviuraya netsaona'panguva yemusangano wenhau. Kovtun anoramba kuuraya Litvinenko, asi akabvuma kupa uchapupu paongororo yeruzhinji yorufu rwake.