Spy and Spy: Where Litvinenko and Skripal Diverge<br />The destinies of Alexander V. Litvinenko, poisoned to death in 2006 by radioactive Polonium 210,<br />and Sergei V. Skripal, listed Monday as critically and thus far inexplicably ill in a British hospital, carry similarities that cannot be ignored.<br />"Everyone says he kept a low profile." And while Russia’s likely involvement in the death of Mr. Litvinenko was documented in a long-running British inquiry, the illness<br />that struck Mr. Skripal and his daughter, Yulia, remains mysterious.<br />Tony Brenton said that I’m sure Putin regards him as a traitor,<br />Marina Litvinenko said that This guy is not a big critic,<br />Mr. Skripal, 66, was arrested in 2004 for selling Russian secrets to British intelligence<br />officers, possibly including the identities of Russian spies in Europe.
