1 00:00:00,664 --> 00:00:02,424 [no audio] 2 00:00:07,567 --> 00:00:08,568 [copier beeps] 3 00:00:08,568 --> 00:00:11,399 [copier whirring] 4 00:00:16,611 --> 00:00:19,614 [keyboard clacking] 5 00:00:24,722 --> 00:00:27,656 [printer whirring] 6 00:00:34,042 --> 00:00:37,010 [people chattering] 7 00:00:42,775 --> 00:00:45,295 [tape tearing] 8 00:00:52,095 --> 00:00:52,888 - Right. 9 00:00:55,339 --> 00:00:57,238 Time to hand in your own work. 10 00:00:57,238 --> 00:00:59,826 [bright music] 11 00:01:02,553 --> 00:01:05,763 If you're wondering why we're not emailing this 12 00:01:05,763 --> 00:01:07,317 or pressing a button to make 13 00:01:07,317 --> 00:01:08,973 some sort of computer submission, 14 00:01:08,973 --> 00:01:11,528 it's because I want this physically handed in. 15 00:01:11,528 --> 00:01:15,497 200 people on this job. 40,000 man hours. 16 00:01:15,497 --> 00:01:17,361 Two strong suspects. 17 00:01:17,361 --> 00:01:20,295 There's a weight of evidence here, 18 00:01:20,295 --> 00:01:22,539 and I want 'em to feel that weight. 19 00:01:22,539 --> 00:01:25,335 I want 'em to hold all your hard work in their hands 20 00:01:25,335 --> 00:01:27,509 before they make their decision. 21 00:01:27,509 --> 00:01:30,133 It's the biggest job of my career, this, 22 00:01:30,133 --> 00:01:32,721 and I know it's the same for many of you, so well done. 23 00:01:35,068 --> 00:01:36,622 Now, we just need a volunteer 24 00:01:36,622 --> 00:01:38,210 to take it round to CPS, please. 25 00:01:39,176 --> 00:01:42,628 [bright music continues] 26 00:01:44,906 --> 00:01:46,528 - Marina? 27 00:01:46,528 --> 00:01:47,495 It's in. 28 00:01:47,495 --> 00:01:48,944 Now all we can do is wait. 29 00:01:50,877 --> 00:01:53,915 [dosimeter clicking] 30 00:01:57,850 --> 00:02:00,439 [car rumbling] 31 00:02:01,371 --> 00:02:03,890 [brakes squeaking] 32 00:02:03,890 --> 00:02:07,066 [birds twittering] 33 00:02:07,066 --> 00:02:09,448 [door slams] 34 00:02:12,485 --> 00:02:16,179 [birds twittering] 35 00:02:16,179 --> 00:02:19,561 [vacuum cleaner whining] 36 00:02:22,978 --> 00:02:25,912 [intercom ringing] 37 00:02:28,121 --> 00:02:29,088 [Anatoly speaking in Russian] 38 00:02:29,088 --> 00:02:30,641 [Marina speaking in Russian] 39 00:02:30,641 --> 00:02:31,987 [console beeps] [gate buzzes] 40 00:02:31,987 --> 00:02:35,750 [Marina speaking in Russian] 41 00:02:39,409 --> 00:02:42,757 [footsteps approaching] 42 00:02:48,245 --> 00:02:50,558 [Marina speaking in Russian] [Boris speaking in Russian] 43 00:02:50,558 --> 00:02:55,321 [Anatoly speaking in Russian] [Boris speaking in Russian] 44 00:02:55,321 --> 00:02:58,980 [Boris speaking in Russian] 45 00:03:06,194 --> 00:03:09,853 [Boris speaking in Russian] 46 00:03:12,165 --> 00:03:15,824 [Boris speaking in Russian] 47 00:03:19,242 --> 00:03:22,762 [Marina speaking in Russian] 48 00:03:22,762 --> 00:03:25,351 [Boris speaking in Russian] 49 00:03:25,351 --> 00:03:29,148 [Marina speaking in Russian] 50 00:03:30,736 --> 00:03:34,395 [Boris speaking in Russian] 51 00:03:35,292 --> 00:03:37,363 [Marina speaking in Russian] 52 00:03:37,363 --> 00:03:41,056 [Boris speaking in Russian] 53 00:03:46,683 --> 00:03:50,342 [Boris speaking in Russian] 54 00:03:55,968 --> 00:03:59,420 [Boris speaking in Russian] 55 00:03:59,420 --> 00:04:02,146 [brooding music] 56 00:04:07,186 --> 00:04:10,189 - Well, somebody can't stay away. Look. 57 00:04:10,189 --> 00:04:13,192 [telephone ringing] 58 00:04:16,989 --> 00:04:18,680 - What? 59 00:04:18,680 --> 00:04:22,615 - CPS have agreed to press charges, and request extradition. 60 00:04:22,615 --> 00:04:24,790 - But you knew that already. 61 00:04:24,790 --> 00:04:26,101 - No. 62 00:04:26,101 --> 00:04:28,311 - Then, then why are you here? 63 00:04:28,311 --> 00:04:31,348 - Because Marina wants a meeting, 64 00:04:31,348 --> 00:04:33,661 and she wants it at her lawyer's place. 65 00:04:36,180 --> 00:04:38,355 - Why would Marina need a lawyer? 66 00:04:38,355 --> 00:04:39,632 - What my client would like 67 00:04:39,632 --> 00:04:42,497 while the CPS considers its options 68 00:04:42,497 --> 00:04:46,087 is a public inquest into her husband's death. 69 00:04:46,087 --> 00:04:49,677 She believes that an inquest will maintain public awareness. 70 00:04:49,677 --> 00:04:51,782 She believes it will expedite matters. 71 00:04:51,782 --> 00:04:53,405 She believes that it will give us all, 72 00:04:53,405 --> 00:04:55,372 and we include you in this, 73 00:04:55,372 --> 00:05:00,273 a far better chance of establishing Russian culpability. 74 00:05:00,273 --> 00:05:01,274 - Sorry. 75 00:05:01,274 --> 00:05:03,863 She believes this or you do? 76 00:05:05,071 --> 00:05:08,627 - Louise Christian is a human rights lawyer. 77 00:05:08,627 --> 00:05:09,973 Very experienced. 78 00:05:09,973 --> 00:05:11,526 She explained what we- - To be clear, 79 00:05:11,526 --> 00:05:15,427 my client does not need your permission for any of this. 80 00:05:15,427 --> 00:05:17,187 She's just making you aware. 81 00:05:18,361 --> 00:05:20,949 - Marina, we were going to call you about this, 82 00:05:20,949 --> 00:05:22,537 but given you wanted a meeting, 83 00:05:22,537 --> 00:05:25,057 we agreed that it will be better coming in person. 84 00:05:26,507 --> 00:05:30,131 The CPS has decided to press murder charges, 85 00:05:30,131 --> 00:05:31,684 and to request extradition. 86 00:05:31,684 --> 00:05:33,376 It's fantastic notes. 87 00:05:33,376 --> 00:05:36,896 - Yes, but it won't change anything. 88 00:05:36,896 --> 00:05:39,002 Extradition won't follow. 89 00:05:39,002 --> 00:05:40,590 - Extradition will be requested 90 00:05:40,590 --> 00:05:42,143 by the British Embassy directly. 91 00:05:42,143 --> 00:05:44,317 - Fine, but they're not gonna get anywhere. 92 00:05:45,180 --> 00:05:46,906 - [scoffs] We don't know that. 93 00:05:46,906 --> 00:05:47,735 - [Peter] No. 94 00:05:49,806 --> 00:05:53,257 - How did your detectives get on when they were in Moscow? 95 00:05:55,018 --> 00:05:57,158 - I'm in the process of finding a barrister 96 00:05:57,158 --> 00:05:58,918 to represent my client. 97 00:05:58,918 --> 00:05:59,885 - [Clive] You don't need to do that. 98 00:05:59,885 --> 00:06:01,921 - If by a miracle- 99 00:06:01,921 --> 00:06:03,440 - It confuses things. - extradition is granted- 100 00:06:03,440 --> 00:06:04,924 - It gets in the way. - then we can all reconvene. 101 00:06:04,924 --> 00:06:06,478 - [Louise] That way we will waste no more time. 102 00:06:06,478 --> 00:06:07,720 - What do you mean, more time? 103 00:06:07,720 --> 00:06:09,239 - Is that fair? 104 00:06:09,239 --> 00:06:10,792 I address that to you, you being the most senior, yes? 105 00:06:10,792 --> 00:06:13,346 - Look, you either trust in the British justice system, 106 00:06:13,346 --> 00:06:14,555 or you don't. 107 00:06:14,555 --> 00:06:16,453 - Honestly, I could trust in it more. 108 00:06:16,453 --> 00:06:19,249 - I'm not talking about you, I'm talking about your client, 109 00:06:19,249 --> 00:06:21,803 or Marina, as we tend to call her. 110 00:06:21,803 --> 00:06:23,805 She asked us to do a job. We did it. 111 00:06:23,805 --> 00:06:26,049 We put colleagues' lives in danger, 112 00:06:26,049 --> 00:06:27,809 and now we need to let it play out. 113 00:06:27,809 --> 00:06:28,638 - Stop! 114 00:06:31,641 --> 00:06:33,090 It's like cats and dogs. 115 00:06:35,852 --> 00:06:37,543 - Here's an idea. 116 00:06:37,543 --> 00:06:40,270 Whatever the decision over extradition, 117 00:06:40,270 --> 00:06:43,238 it shouldn't take more than a few days to arrive. 118 00:06:43,238 --> 00:06:46,725 The second it does, we let Marina know. 119 00:06:46,725 --> 00:06:48,243 From that moment on, 120 00:06:48,243 --> 00:06:51,868 everyone around this table agrees to support Marina 121 00:06:51,868 --> 00:06:55,596 with an inquest or whatever you choose to do next. 122 00:06:57,460 --> 00:06:58,461 How does that sound 123 00:07:03,086 --> 00:07:08,091 - Thank you. 124 00:07:10,196 --> 00:07:11,266 - [Clive] Peter? 125 00:07:11,266 --> 00:07:13,199 - [Peter] You near a television? 126 00:07:13,199 --> 00:07:14,407 - Um... 127 00:07:14,407 --> 00:07:15,236 Yes. 128 00:07:16,548 --> 00:07:18,308 - [Peter] It's called Russia TV. 129 00:07:18,308 --> 00:07:19,827 - Russia TV? 130 00:07:19,827 --> 00:07:21,345 - Right the way up. 131 00:07:21,345 --> 00:07:23,140 If you get to the dirty ones, you've gone too far. 132 00:07:24,210 --> 00:07:26,799 - Yeah. [ominous music] 133 00:07:27,869 --> 00:07:29,975 - "Putin on Litvinenko: 134 00:07:29,975 --> 00:07:32,080 'An insignificant target who the FSB 135 00:07:32,080 --> 00:07:34,497 would not have bothered murdering.'" 136 00:07:34,497 --> 00:07:36,775 - When are the embassy asking for extradition? 137 00:07:36,775 --> 00:07:38,328 - [Peter] This afternoon. 138 00:07:38,328 --> 00:07:40,226 - Pff. Talk about bad timing. 139 00:07:40,226 --> 00:07:42,677 - No, this, this isn't timing, Clive. 140 00:07:43,816 --> 00:07:45,853 This is him giving his answer in advance. 141 00:07:47,233 --> 00:07:50,513 All you're watching is televised fuck you. 142 00:07:50,513 --> 00:07:54,517 [ominous music continues] 143 00:07:54,517 --> 00:07:57,554 - The Russians are not going to allow extradition. 144 00:07:59,936 --> 00:08:02,041 We heard about an hour ago. 145 00:08:02,041 --> 00:08:05,320 I wanted to be the one to tell you, face to face. 146 00:08:07,737 --> 00:08:09,497 - This is why we ask for a meeting. 147 00:08:10,636 --> 00:08:12,017 We knew this would happen. 148 00:08:12,949 --> 00:08:14,606 And 149 00:08:14,606 --> 00:08:16,539 police work is finished. 150 00:08:17,850 --> 00:08:20,059 - A murder case is never closed. 151 00:08:23,062 --> 00:08:24,512 - You're working on this now? 152 00:08:26,376 --> 00:08:27,239 - Personally? 153 00:08:31,554 --> 00:08:33,763 - Clive working on this now? 154 00:08:37,249 --> 00:08:38,906 Brent, 155 00:08:38,906 --> 00:08:39,941 I 156 00:08:39,941 --> 00:08:41,494 trust you 157 00:08:41,494 --> 00:08:42,530 very much. 158 00:08:43,945 --> 00:08:48,571 From beginning, all of you, you try to catch this man, 159 00:08:52,022 --> 00:08:53,783 but now it is 160 00:08:53,783 --> 00:08:55,060 done. 161 00:08:55,060 --> 00:08:56,855 If want to continue fighting- 162 00:08:56,855 --> 00:09:00,341 - Marina, I'm always here if you need someone- 163 00:09:00,341 --> 00:09:02,308 - If? - to talk to. 164 00:09:02,308 --> 00:09:04,207 - If I want to continue fighting, 165 00:09:07,486 --> 00:09:09,453 I fight on my own, yes? 166 00:09:12,318 --> 00:09:14,976 [Brent exhales] 167 00:09:16,288 --> 00:09:19,498 [Marina sobbing] 168 00:09:19,498 --> 00:09:22,708 [door closes] 169 00:09:22,708 --> 00:09:25,884 [streetlamps buzzing] 170 00:09:26,816 --> 00:09:29,784 [ominous music] 171 00:09:29,784 --> 00:09:32,580 [engine revving] 172 00:09:35,894 --> 00:09:38,241 [dog barks] 173 00:09:40,208 --> 00:09:42,970 [people yelling] 174 00:09:44,696 --> 00:09:48,216 [ominous music continues] 175 00:09:55,707 --> 00:09:57,950 - Uh, Louise, I don't understand. 176 00:09:57,950 --> 00:09:59,089 You are my lawyer. 177 00:09:59,089 --> 00:10:00,884 - I'm your solicitor. 178 00:10:00,884 --> 00:10:03,024 But if there's an inquest, we'll need a barrister, too. 179 00:10:03,024 --> 00:10:05,026 There are a lot of good ones in London. 180 00:10:05,026 --> 00:10:06,856 He is one of the very best. 181 00:10:09,513 --> 00:10:10,756 [intercom ringing] 182 00:10:10,756 --> 00:10:11,999 - [Receptionist] Matrix. 183 00:10:11,999 --> 00:10:13,483 - [Louise] Hello. Here to see Ben Emmerson. 184 00:10:13,483 --> 00:10:14,726 - [Receptionist] One moment, please. 185 00:10:14,726 --> 00:10:17,314 - So, the question for you is never gonna be, 186 00:10:17,314 --> 00:10:20,421 is he good enough, but, do I trust him, 187 00:10:20,421 --> 00:10:23,010 and does this feel right? 188 00:10:23,010 --> 00:10:24,943 [door lock buzzes] 189 00:10:24,943 --> 00:10:27,635 [siren wailing] 190 00:10:36,195 --> 00:10:37,714 - Well, they'd have been placed with the teapot. 191 00:10:37,714 --> 00:10:40,648 That's excellent, but here's the one that seals it for me, 192 00:10:40,648 --> 00:10:44,065 the U-bend from Lugovoy's sink, because I'm sorry, 193 00:10:44,065 --> 00:10:45,515 polonium might do many things, 194 00:10:45,515 --> 00:10:47,275 but it doesn't cross-contaminate its way 195 00:10:47,275 --> 00:10:48,552 into the U-bend of your sink. 196 00:10:48,552 --> 00:10:50,071 You have to pour it there. 197 00:10:50,071 --> 00:10:53,592 Now, this shows that these are the men responsible. 198 00:10:53,592 --> 00:10:54,835 - Yes? 199 00:10:54,835 --> 00:10:56,181 - Well, when you factor in all the rest of it, 200 00:10:56,181 --> 00:10:57,320 unquestionably. 201 00:10:58,908 --> 00:11:03,671 But, you know, it is very important to say, Mrs. Litvinenko, 202 00:11:03,671 --> 00:11:06,363 that if you and I are to work together on this, 203 00:11:06,363 --> 00:11:07,917 now, push for this inquest, 204 00:11:07,917 --> 00:11:10,920 then our objective cannot be to show 205 00:11:10,920 --> 00:11:13,129 these are the men that killed your husband. 206 00:11:15,718 --> 00:11:17,374 - But I need to show this. 207 00:11:18,859 --> 00:11:20,205 - That's not our brief. 208 00:11:21,654 --> 00:11:23,001 - It is brief. 209 00:11:23,001 --> 00:11:24,761 - It's not the one I've been given. 210 00:11:26,314 --> 00:11:27,143 May I show you? 211 00:11:29,593 --> 00:11:31,147 Not that you won't have seen it already. 212 00:11:31,147 --> 00:11:35,738 - This may be the time to say one or two things 213 00:11:35,738 --> 00:11:37,325 to the person responsible. 214 00:11:38,499 --> 00:11:41,295 You may succeed in silencing me, 215 00:11:42,503 --> 00:11:45,402 but the howl of protest from around the world 216 00:11:45,402 --> 00:11:48,440 will reverberate, Mr. Putin, 217 00:11:48,440 --> 00:11:52,030 in your ears for the rest of your life. 218 00:11:55,136 --> 00:11:57,173 - It's not what your husband's asking us. 219 00:11:59,071 --> 00:12:03,386 He wants us to lay this at the door of Vladimir Putin. 220 00:12:04,387 --> 00:12:05,457 That is the brief. 221 00:12:05,457 --> 00:12:07,079 [bright music] 222 00:12:07,079 --> 00:12:09,150 So if we do this, 223 00:12:09,150 --> 00:12:12,775 and even though it might take a considerable amount of time, 224 00:12:14,984 --> 00:12:17,089 then that is what I suggest we try and do. 225 00:12:19,678 --> 00:12:22,060 [door shuts] 226 00:12:25,063 --> 00:12:28,514 [bright music continues] 227 00:12:32,001 --> 00:12:33,588 Before any inquest can begin, 228 00:12:33,588 --> 00:12:36,281 the rules of the game need to be established, 229 00:12:36,281 --> 00:12:39,802 what is or or is not admissible, and so on, 230 00:12:39,802 --> 00:12:42,908 but none of what happens here is gonna be a trial. 231 00:12:42,908 --> 00:12:44,185 It's not us versus them. 232 00:12:44,185 --> 00:12:47,050 It's a lot of stuffy old lawyers like me 233 00:12:47,050 --> 00:12:49,708 putting a lot of things before a judge, 234 00:12:49,708 --> 00:12:52,090 and it's for the judge alone to decide. 235 00:12:53,505 --> 00:12:55,024 - To judge the judge. 236 00:12:55,024 --> 00:12:58,441 - Precisely. But first we need to jump through some hoops. 237 00:12:58,441 --> 00:12:59,960 - Our preliminary assessment 238 00:12:59,960 --> 00:13:02,514 does establish a prima facie case 239 00:13:02,514 --> 00:13:05,103 as to the culpability of the Russian state 240 00:13:05,103 --> 00:13:07,139 in the death of Alexander Litvinenko. 241 00:13:09,141 --> 00:13:10,142 - Mr. Emmerson. 242 00:13:12,558 --> 00:13:14,422 - Sir, may I thank the inquest team 243 00:13:14,422 --> 00:13:16,735 for their preliminary report. 244 00:13:16,735 --> 00:13:20,256 That there is a case for Russian state responsibility 245 00:13:20,256 --> 00:13:23,500 in the death of Mr. Litvinenko is of course something 246 00:13:23,500 --> 00:13:26,918 that my client has been hoping to explore 247 00:13:26,918 --> 00:13:30,922 since her husband made clear to her whilst dying 248 00:13:30,922 --> 00:13:33,717 that that was his own belief. 249 00:13:35,133 --> 00:13:37,929 - In which case, I will look to confirm the date 250 00:13:37,929 --> 00:13:40,414 on which we can begin the substantive hearings. 251 00:13:41,691 --> 00:13:43,141 [cheerful Christmas music] 252 00:13:43,141 --> 00:13:45,591 - Ben is very happy, very positive. 253 00:13:45,591 --> 00:13:47,145 Everything take time, of course, 254 00:13:47,145 --> 00:13:49,354 but Ben says there is good chance 255 00:13:49,354 --> 00:13:52,944 to prove Russian responsibility at highest level. 256 00:13:54,152 --> 00:13:57,051 He keeps fighting. You keep fighting. 257 00:13:57,051 --> 00:13:59,295 Ben and I, well, we keep fighting. 258 00:14:01,607 --> 00:14:02,643 What? 259 00:14:02,643 --> 00:14:03,886 - Oh, 260 00:14:03,886 --> 00:14:05,404 nothing. 261 00:14:05,404 --> 00:14:08,407 You said the name Ben three times in the last minute. 262 00:14:08,407 --> 00:14:10,651 - [chuckles] What is wrong with that? 263 00:14:11,755 --> 00:14:13,205 - [Alex] Nothing, nothing. 264 00:14:13,205 --> 00:14:14,034 - Stop. 265 00:14:15,967 --> 00:14:18,831 This is very dangerous situation for me. 266 00:14:18,831 --> 00:14:19,660 Do you not see? 267 00:14:21,904 --> 00:14:22,732 - Yes. 268 00:14:24,320 --> 00:14:26,425 - I put all my hope 269 00:14:27,599 --> 00:14:30,913 in this one man, in this one place. 270 00:14:30,913 --> 00:14:34,330 [bright music] 271 00:14:34,330 --> 00:14:37,920 [Alex speaking in Russian] 272 00:14:40,784 --> 00:14:44,202 [bright music continues] 273 00:14:46,445 --> 00:14:47,274 - Right. 274 00:14:48,516 --> 00:14:49,345 Sorry. 275 00:14:51,174 --> 00:14:52,003 Ready? 276 00:14:59,942 --> 00:15:02,427 [door clacks] 277 00:15:06,672 --> 00:15:10,331 [Oscar speaking in Russian] 278 00:15:14,749 --> 00:15:17,580 [keys clattering] 279 00:15:19,306 --> 00:15:20,514 Boss? 280 00:15:20,514 --> 00:15:23,275 [ominous music] 281 00:15:23,275 --> 00:15:24,104 Boss? 282 00:15:30,662 --> 00:15:34,355 [ominous music continues] 283 00:15:34,355 --> 00:15:35,184 Boss? 284 00:15:43,088 --> 00:15:43,951 Boris! 285 00:15:48,611 --> 00:15:49,439 Boss? 286 00:15:52,718 --> 00:15:53,547 Boss? 287 00:15:54,962 --> 00:15:58,448 [ominous music continues] 288 00:16:02,349 --> 00:16:03,936 [Oscar grunts] [door shatters] 289 00:16:03,936 --> 00:16:06,525 [Oscar gasping] 290 00:16:06,525 --> 00:16:09,528 [people chattering] 291 00:16:16,018 --> 00:16:18,434 - The, uh, the judge is going to invite the government 292 00:16:18,434 --> 00:16:20,436 to hold a public inquiry. 293 00:16:20,436 --> 00:16:22,783 Now, that would mean that the materials 294 00:16:22,783 --> 00:16:25,544 they wanted hidden will remain hidden, 295 00:16:25,544 --> 00:16:28,306 but that he, crucial, will get to see them, 296 00:16:28,306 --> 00:16:30,929 and not just see them, take them into consideration. 297 00:16:32,413 --> 00:16:33,863 - This is good? 298 00:16:33,863 --> 00:16:35,382 - Oh, it's a hell of a lot better than it was at lunchtime. 299 00:16:35,382 --> 00:16:36,762 Put it that way. All right. 300 00:16:39,179 --> 00:16:41,664 You're Temple, I'm Chancery Lane, so. 301 00:16:43,183 --> 00:16:45,047 - How long will this take? 302 00:16:47,566 --> 00:16:50,017 - Too long, probably, but then, 303 00:16:51,156 --> 00:16:53,055 yeah, we knew that it would, didn't we? 304 00:16:55,540 --> 00:16:56,989 My knowing's half the battle. 305 00:16:59,923 --> 00:17:02,823 [carillon tolling] 306 00:17:05,584 --> 00:17:08,139 [rain pouring] 307 00:17:10,589 --> 00:17:14,317 - "Evening Standard." 308 00:17:14,317 --> 00:17:19,322 [ominous music] "Standard." 309 00:17:23,119 --> 00:17:26,640 [ominous music continues] 310 00:17:32,542 --> 00:17:36,788 [ominous music continues] 311 00:17:36,788 --> 00:17:41,103 - Taxi! 312 00:17:41,103 --> 00:17:44,623 [ominous music continues] 313 00:17:50,802 --> 00:17:54,046 - He makes a series of anti-Putin remarks, like Sasha, 314 00:17:54,046 --> 00:17:56,359 and the next thing you know, like Sasha, 315 00:17:56,359 --> 00:17:58,879 he's found dead in unexplained circumstances. 316 00:17:58,879 --> 00:18:01,916 - But not like Sasha in that he had a scarf around his neck. 317 00:18:01,916 --> 00:18:03,263 Bruising all on there. 318 00:18:03,263 --> 00:18:05,230 - Yeah, I'm not saying that it's not suicide. 319 00:18:05,230 --> 00:18:06,473 - And the door was locked from the inside. 320 00:18:06,473 --> 00:18:09,200 - I'm saying it's worth investigating. 321 00:18:09,200 --> 00:18:11,892 - You know what, Brent? It's a simple job. 322 00:18:13,273 --> 00:18:15,861 You get a brief, you get to work, 323 00:18:15,861 --> 00:18:18,623 you make your submission at CPS, or not, depending, 324 00:18:18,623 --> 00:18:20,107 and you move on to the next one. 325 00:18:20,107 --> 00:18:21,867 Staying emotionally attached- 326 00:18:21,867 --> 00:18:22,972 - Oh, you mean caring? 327 00:18:22,972 --> 00:18:25,940 - is not a strength. 328 00:18:25,940 --> 00:18:27,149 Not in a way you think it is. 329 00:18:27,149 --> 00:18:28,633 [cellphone ringing] - Sorry. 330 00:18:32,775 --> 00:18:34,328 Oh, I, I've... 331 00:18:34,328 --> 00:18:36,744 I'm sorry. [cellphone ringing continues] 332 00:18:36,744 --> 00:18:39,161 [door opens] 333 00:18:40,783 --> 00:18:41,611 Hi. 334 00:18:43,510 --> 00:18:44,821 Okay. 335 00:18:44,821 --> 00:18:45,650 Tell me. 336 00:18:46,720 --> 00:18:49,309 [somber music] 337 00:18:50,862 --> 00:18:52,588 I'm coming right now. 338 00:18:54,728 --> 00:18:58,145 [somber music continues] 339 00:19:00,320 --> 00:19:02,770 - Just I [sighs] 340 00:19:02,770 --> 00:19:05,290 feel like we keep running into the same brick wall. 341 00:19:07,050 --> 00:19:10,502 - Yeah, but at least we get to run into it together. 342 00:19:14,368 --> 00:19:17,820 [somber music continues] 343 00:19:18,683 --> 00:19:20,167 - Thank you. 344 00:19:20,167 --> 00:19:22,928 - The UK has refused a request to set up a public inquiry 345 00:19:22,928 --> 00:19:25,517 to replace the inquest into the death 346 00:19:25,517 --> 00:19:28,348 of the former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko. 347 00:19:28,348 --> 00:19:29,970 Mr. Litvinenko was poisoned 348 00:19:29,970 --> 00:19:33,629 with radioactive polonium in London in 2006. 349 00:19:33,629 --> 00:19:36,632 A disappointing decision then for the family today. 350 00:19:36,632 --> 00:19:39,324 - Six reasons from the home secretary 351 00:19:39,324 --> 00:19:43,017 for why a public inquiry is being refused, 352 00:19:43,017 --> 00:19:44,398 including, risibly, 353 00:19:44,398 --> 00:19:48,057 the admission that international relations are a factor, 354 00:19:48,057 --> 00:19:51,957 which, to translate into English from the original bullshit, 355 00:19:51,957 --> 00:19:54,063 means that trade opportunities 356 00:19:54,063 --> 00:19:57,894 are more important to this country than the life of, 357 00:19:57,894 --> 00:19:59,827 of, of one of its citizens. 358 00:20:01,243 --> 00:20:05,488 - Maybe government knows it was not actually Putin. 359 00:20:06,662 --> 00:20:08,457 - But it was actually Putin. 360 00:20:09,803 --> 00:20:11,494 [Marina sobbing] 361 00:20:11,494 --> 00:20:13,807 What Russian citizen would dare do something like this 362 00:20:13,807 --> 00:20:14,980 without his blessing? 363 00:20:14,980 --> 00:20:17,189 But you know, Putin's not the problem. 364 00:20:18,398 --> 00:20:20,469 Well, he's not the only problem. 365 00:20:20,469 --> 00:20:23,299 What today proves more than anything 366 00:20:23,299 --> 00:20:26,889 is that we are taking on an entire regime here, 367 00:20:27,924 --> 00:20:31,307 one that is immoral, cowardly, 368 00:20:31,307 --> 00:20:35,069 one that, yeah, it answers to Putin's drum, 369 00:20:35,069 --> 00:20:37,313 one that deludes itself into believing 370 00:20:37,313 --> 00:20:39,073 that it has an international relevance 371 00:20:39,073 --> 00:20:40,661 that it lost long ago. 372 00:20:40,661 --> 00:20:42,939 But as of today, the regime we are up against 373 00:20:42,939 --> 00:20:44,596 isn't the Russian regime. 374 00:20:44,596 --> 00:20:47,254 [ominous music] 375 00:20:51,362 --> 00:20:56,332 - It's the United Kingdom. 376 00:20:58,507 --> 00:21:02,442 [garbage truck beeping] 377 00:21:02,442 --> 00:21:06,756 [wind howling] [leaves rustling] 378 00:21:06,756 --> 00:21:09,483 [Marina humming] 379 00:21:11,934 --> 00:21:14,108 [birds twittering] 380 00:21:14,108 --> 00:21:17,284 - He would. He definitely would, if you can see it. 381 00:21:17,284 --> 00:21:19,286 It's real, to be honest. 382 00:21:19,286 --> 00:21:22,185 Oh, mate, your mum's here. 383 00:21:22,185 --> 00:21:23,428 - See ya, mate. 384 00:21:29,089 --> 00:21:30,262 - You smoke? 385 00:21:30,262 --> 00:21:31,091 - What? 386 00:21:31,954 --> 00:21:34,336 - Do not smoke, Anatoly. 387 00:21:34,336 --> 00:21:36,821 Your sports like your father. 388 00:21:36,821 --> 00:21:39,168 - Well, sport's not exactly my thing. 389 00:21:39,168 --> 00:21:42,274 - How about helping your mother with shopping? 390 00:21:42,274 --> 00:21:43,379 Is this your thing? 391 00:21:47,901 --> 00:21:49,420 Alex is coming later. 392 00:21:49,420 --> 00:21:54,183 I was gonna take this to the cemetery, but maybe tomorrow. 393 00:21:54,183 --> 00:21:55,046 - I can do it now. 394 00:21:57,082 --> 00:22:02,087 - Hmm. Okay. [bright music] 395 00:22:06,333 --> 00:22:09,750 [bright music continues] 396 00:22:14,755 --> 00:22:18,172 [bright music continues] 397 00:22:20,934 --> 00:22:22,867 - Anatoly's school fees are settled. 398 00:22:23,902 --> 00:22:25,490 The apartment is secured, 399 00:22:25,490 --> 00:22:30,392 but there can be no more money taken from the estate. 400 00:22:30,392 --> 00:22:35,293 We certainly cannot afford barristers like Ben Emmerson. 401 00:22:38,261 --> 00:22:39,090 - So, 402 00:22:42,265 --> 00:22:43,474 that's it? 403 00:22:43,474 --> 00:22:47,409 I just tell him it's over, everything stop? 404 00:22:48,479 --> 00:22:49,341 - Sorry. 405 00:22:50,688 --> 00:22:52,241 - Okay, so, uh, 406 00:22:53,518 --> 00:22:54,381 no more money. 407 00:22:56,659 --> 00:22:57,798 We think of new way. 408 00:22:59,524 --> 00:23:02,216 [clock ticking] 409 00:23:04,046 --> 00:23:04,874 - Marina, 410 00:23:07,636 --> 00:23:08,947 it's been seven years. 411 00:23:10,501 --> 00:23:12,399 Seven years. [door shuts] 412 00:23:12,399 --> 00:23:14,988 I think it's time for you to ask yourself the question, 413 00:23:14,988 --> 00:23:17,093 "What more can I do?" 414 00:23:19,855 --> 00:23:21,408 [somber music] 415 00:23:21,408 --> 00:23:24,549 - The grave was covered in moss and leaves and stuff, 416 00:23:24,549 --> 00:23:26,102 but I took care of it. 417 00:23:27,518 --> 00:23:29,209 You should never let it get like that. 418 00:23:30,866 --> 00:23:32,005 - Thank you. 419 00:23:32,005 --> 00:23:35,422 [somber music continues] 420 00:23:41,463 --> 00:23:44,880 [somber music continues] 421 00:23:46,916 --> 00:23:48,573 - There are three things we could be doing. 422 00:23:48,573 --> 00:23:51,093 One, keep this in the public eye, 423 00:23:51,093 --> 00:23:53,060 two, keep the police on side, 424 00:23:53,060 --> 00:23:55,373 and three, wait. 425 00:23:55,373 --> 00:23:56,201 Crucial. 426 00:23:57,548 --> 00:24:01,275 Every time Putin does something, influences an election, 427 00:24:01,275 --> 00:24:04,278 annexes Georgia, the pressure mounts, 428 00:24:04,278 --> 00:24:07,350 and there'll come a point when even the British government 429 00:24:07,350 --> 00:24:08,973 can't be seen to look the other way. 430 00:24:08,973 --> 00:24:12,148 And when that day comes, that's when we strike. 431 00:24:17,050 --> 00:24:18,638 You haven't touched your sandwich. 432 00:24:22,918 --> 00:24:24,644 - This morning, I, um, 433 00:24:25,610 --> 00:24:27,370 visit Louise Christian. 434 00:24:30,201 --> 00:24:31,305 I explain her, 435 00:24:32,790 --> 00:24:33,929 I'm very scared. 436 00:24:36,621 --> 00:24:37,519 From now on, 437 00:24:38,830 --> 00:24:39,831 no more money. 438 00:24:42,420 --> 00:24:44,733 Expensive barrister, 439 00:24:46,838 --> 00:24:47,667 not possible. 440 00:24:53,362 --> 00:24:54,881 - So now you've come to see me? 441 00:24:57,469 --> 00:24:59,471 You bought a sandwich you don't even want, 442 00:24:59,471 --> 00:25:01,197 and you wanna know what I think? 443 00:25:06,478 --> 00:25:07,307 I think, 444 00:25:10,724 --> 00:25:13,382 I think we're just gonna have to carry on anyway, 445 00:25:13,382 --> 00:25:14,521 is what I think. 446 00:25:14,521 --> 00:25:16,316 You and I, we've started something, and, 447 00:25:17,766 --> 00:25:19,906 well, I'm afraid that I'm just gonna have to insist 448 00:25:19,906 --> 00:25:22,080 we see it right towards the end. 449 00:25:22,080 --> 00:25:25,739 I also think you need to put that sandwich back in your bag. 450 00:25:25,739 --> 00:25:27,672 Take it home for Anatoly. 451 00:25:27,672 --> 00:25:29,605 - Yes. - Before I eat it for him. 452 00:25:33,367 --> 00:25:34,230 - Thank you, Ben. 453 00:25:35,473 --> 00:25:39,132 [printer whirring] 454 00:25:39,132 --> 00:25:41,686 [bright music] 455 00:25:43,101 --> 00:25:46,864 [keyboard clacking] 456 00:25:46,864 --> 00:25:49,763 [printer whirring] 457 00:25:51,834 --> 00:25:55,907 [bright music continues] 458 00:25:55,907 --> 00:25:58,841 [printer whirring] 459 00:26:01,016 --> 00:26:05,123 [bright music continues] 460 00:26:05,123 --> 00:26:07,678 [Marina sighs] 461 00:26:12,337 --> 00:26:14,892 [bright music continues] 462 00:26:14,892 --> 00:26:17,204 [keyboard clacking] 463 00:26:17,204 --> 00:26:19,241 Dear Mr. Putin, 464 00:26:19,241 --> 00:26:22,624 my name is Marina Litvinenko. 465 00:26:22,624 --> 00:26:24,591 I believe you to be responsible 466 00:26:24,591 --> 00:26:26,558 for the murder of my husband. 467 00:26:27,974 --> 00:26:30,286 I have shared this belief with the British media, 468 00:26:31,460 --> 00:26:34,256 and I have asked my prime minister 469 00:26:34,256 --> 00:26:36,568 to authorize a public inquiry 470 00:26:36,568 --> 00:26:39,468 so that you may be held to account. 471 00:26:39,468 --> 00:26:42,747 In the words of my husband, may God forgive you. 472 00:26:44,369 --> 00:26:46,199 [dog barks] 473 00:26:46,199 --> 00:26:48,960 [car approaches] 474 00:26:52,067 --> 00:26:54,932 [cat growls] 475 00:26:54,932 --> 00:26:57,659 [cat growls] 476 00:26:57,659 --> 00:26:59,557 [footsteps tapping] 477 00:26:59,557 --> 00:27:02,146 [somber music] 478 00:27:08,635 --> 00:27:11,017 [somber music continues] 479 00:27:11,017 --> 00:27:14,676 [people chattering] 480 00:27:14,676 --> 00:27:16,505 - [clears throat] Sorry, everybody. 481 00:27:24,306 --> 00:27:27,689 [somber music continues] 482 00:27:31,106 --> 00:27:32,245 Forgive me. 483 00:27:32,245 --> 00:27:33,073 Thanks. 484 00:27:40,356 --> 00:27:42,393 What are we doing this afternoon? 485 00:27:42,393 --> 00:27:44,188 No, don't, don't answer that. 486 00:27:44,188 --> 00:27:46,121 I'll tell you exactly what we're doing. 487 00:27:47,536 --> 00:27:51,022 - I cannot understand why the British government 488 00:27:51,022 --> 00:27:53,473 needs to cover for the people in Kremlin 489 00:27:53,473 --> 00:27:55,958 responsible for the murder of my husband. 490 00:27:55,958 --> 00:27:59,617 After all, the government is supposed to be interested 491 00:27:59,617 --> 00:28:02,793 in finding out who is responsible for the murder 492 00:28:02,793 --> 00:28:05,416 of a British citizen in the streets of London. 493 00:28:06,589 --> 00:28:09,869 Now the decision is up to Theresa May. 494 00:28:09,869 --> 00:28:11,353 - [Jenny] Brent. 495 00:28:11,353 --> 00:28:14,528 - I call on her to begin an investigation. 496 00:28:15,840 --> 00:28:19,395 I want to ask her as one woman to another, 497 00:28:21,190 --> 00:28:23,468 how would she feel in my place 498 00:28:24,849 --> 00:28:28,232 if her husband were murdered in such a way? 499 00:28:29,440 --> 00:28:31,269 Would she not want to know the truth? 500 00:28:33,582 --> 00:28:34,410 - [Newsreader] Our correspondent, Julia Kremer, 501 00:28:35,342 --> 00:28:36,930 is in Westminster. 502 00:28:36,930 --> 00:28:39,830 [birds twittering] 503 00:28:41,797 --> 00:28:45,249 [somber music continues] 504 00:28:46,422 --> 00:28:48,493 [footsteps approaching] [floorboards creaking] 505 00:28:48,493 --> 00:28:49,701 - Mum. 506 00:28:49,701 --> 00:28:50,530 Mum! 507 00:28:53,567 --> 00:28:55,569 [Marina speaking in Russian] 508 00:28:55,569 --> 00:28:58,227 [Anatoly sighs] 509 00:29:01,610 --> 00:29:03,198 - It's in the Ukraine. 510 00:29:03,198 --> 00:29:05,096 They think it was shot down by Russia. 511 00:29:06,511 --> 00:29:09,169 Isn't that the kind of thing we've been waiting for? 512 00:29:09,169 --> 00:29:11,171 The thing they can't ignore? 513 00:29:11,171 --> 00:29:14,174 [telephone ringing] 514 00:29:16,211 --> 00:29:17,626 Hello? 515 00:29:17,626 --> 00:29:20,215 [bright music] 516 00:29:24,702 --> 00:29:26,980 - So what, she's just coming over? 517 00:29:26,980 --> 00:29:28,948 It's that like a, like a Russian thing, 518 00:29:28,948 --> 00:29:30,259 like with Australians? 519 00:29:30,259 --> 00:29:32,434 You know, just invite yourself round? 520 00:29:32,434 --> 00:29:34,056 - You don't need to tidy up. 521 00:29:35,230 --> 00:29:38,681 She's not that sort of person. She's nice. 522 00:29:38,681 --> 00:29:41,339 [taxi rumbling] 523 00:29:46,828 --> 00:29:49,554 [engine revving] 524 00:29:49,554 --> 00:29:50,348 - This morning, 525 00:29:51,280 --> 00:29:52,834 Theresa May, 526 00:29:52,834 --> 00:29:54,559 she decided. 527 00:29:54,559 --> 00:29:55,664 yes, 528 00:29:55,664 --> 00:29:56,803 we have inquiry. 529 00:29:59,323 --> 00:30:00,807 I wanted to tell you, Brent, 530 00:30:01,704 --> 00:30:03,051 before anyone else. 531 00:30:04,466 --> 00:30:08,642 Straight away, I know Brent needs to know this, 532 00:30:08,642 --> 00:30:12,543 because Brent was the first person at the hospital. 533 00:30:13,751 --> 00:30:14,683 - Yes. 534 00:30:14,683 --> 00:30:15,615 - Late at night. 535 00:30:16,616 --> 00:30:17,548 - Yes. 536 00:30:17,548 --> 00:30:18,549 - How many years ago now? 537 00:30:19,688 --> 00:30:21,483 - Eight years this year. 538 00:30:21,483 --> 00:30:26,419 - The first person to believe my husband, to listen to us. 539 00:30:27,282 --> 00:30:29,836 This is very big moment. 540 00:30:31,148 --> 00:30:33,219 - And you'll need everyone on the police side 541 00:30:33,219 --> 00:30:35,877 to take part in the inquiry, I'm presuming? 542 00:30:37,740 --> 00:30:38,983 Then that's what we'll do. 543 00:30:43,194 --> 00:30:45,990 - We're about to have some food, Marina. Will you stay? 544 00:30:47,543 --> 00:30:50,167 [water running] 545 00:30:54,757 --> 00:30:57,553 [plates clanking] 546 00:31:01,661 --> 00:31:02,558 - Everything okay? 547 00:31:07,632 --> 00:31:08,461 - Brent, 548 00:31:10,394 --> 00:31:13,362 for me and Anatoly, this inquiry is easy. 549 00:31:14,812 --> 00:31:19,230 We stand in public and we say Vladimir Putin is murderer. 550 00:31:19,955 --> 00:31:20,680 Because it is family. 551 00:31:22,406 --> 00:31:23,925 For other people, this is 552 00:31:25,512 --> 00:31:26,341 big risk. 553 00:31:27,583 --> 00:31:31,346 You must think about the things closest to you. 554 00:31:31,346 --> 00:31:32,140 - Marina 555 00:31:34,383 --> 00:31:35,695 - The people you love. 556 00:31:37,352 --> 00:31:41,045 - We're giving evidence, we're giving it everything, 557 00:31:41,045 --> 00:31:42,426 and we're doing it for you. 558 00:31:44,393 --> 00:31:45,187 End of. 559 00:31:46,982 --> 00:31:47,914 - You will? 560 00:31:49,157 --> 00:31:50,917 - You just try and stop him. 561 00:31:52,574 --> 00:31:55,197 [Marina laughs] 562 00:31:59,305 --> 00:32:02,135 - Marina, how are you feeling? - All right now. 563 00:32:02,135 --> 00:32:04,655 Excuse us. [reporters shouting] 564 00:32:04,655 --> 00:32:05,725 All right, come on now. 565 00:32:05,725 --> 00:32:08,072 That's enough. Excuse us. 566 00:32:08,072 --> 00:32:11,351 [reporters shouting] 567 00:32:11,351 --> 00:32:13,975 [somber music] 568 00:32:16,287 --> 00:32:17,702 - [Bailiff] Rise. 569 00:32:21,465 --> 00:32:24,882 [somber music continues] 570 00:32:30,577 --> 00:32:31,820 - Sir, my 571 00:32:32,924 --> 00:32:33,891 client, 572 00:32:34,926 --> 00:32:36,376 Mrs. Litvinenko, 573 00:32:37,791 --> 00:32:42,279 as you know, has fought long and hard to reach this, 574 00:32:42,279 --> 00:32:45,523 the opening day of a public inquiry 575 00:32:45,523 --> 00:32:48,216 into the assassination 576 00:32:48,216 --> 00:32:51,357 of her husband in 2006. 577 00:32:52,461 --> 00:32:53,738 That murder 578 00:32:53,738 --> 00:32:58,019 was an act of unspeakable barbarism. 579 00:32:58,019 --> 00:33:01,574 The significance of this dreadful murder, though, 580 00:33:01,574 --> 00:33:05,854 resonates far beyond those immediately involved. 581 00:33:05,854 --> 00:33:09,409 It is a matter of grave national 582 00:33:09,409 --> 00:33:12,688 and international concern. 583 00:33:12,688 --> 00:33:17,486 On his deathbed, Mr. Litvinenko accused Vladimir Putin 584 00:33:17,486 --> 00:33:20,351 of having ordered his assassination, 585 00:33:20,351 --> 00:33:25,046 and we, sir, so on hearing all the evidence out before you 586 00:33:25,046 --> 00:33:26,599 that you will conclude 587 00:33:29,153 --> 00:33:30,499 he was right about that. 588 00:33:32,398 --> 00:33:34,745 [people murmuring] 589 00:33:34,745 --> 00:33:36,471 [elevator dings] 590 00:33:36,471 --> 00:33:40,268 [cellphone ringing] 591 00:33:40,268 --> 00:33:41,372 - Brent. 592 00:33:41,372 --> 00:33:42,891 - Hello, Jim. 593 00:33:42,891 --> 00:33:44,686 Um, sorry to do this out of the blue. 594 00:33:44,686 --> 00:33:46,274 The original interview transcripts, 595 00:33:46,274 --> 00:33:47,792 how do I get those? 596 00:33:47,792 --> 00:33:50,312 - It'll be summaries on the database of Operation Wimble. 597 00:33:50,312 --> 00:33:51,589 - No, not the summaries. 598 00:33:52,970 --> 00:33:53,798 The whole lot. 599 00:33:54,696 --> 00:33:55,662 - [Jim] How soon d'you need it? 600 00:33:55,662 --> 00:33:57,078 - How soon can you get them? 601 00:34:00,322 --> 00:34:04,464 - [Solicitor] Whenever you're ready, I think. 602 00:34:04,464 --> 00:34:07,467 [people chattering] 603 00:34:12,921 --> 00:34:17,339 - Mrs. Litvinenko, when you first met your husband, 604 00:34:17,339 --> 00:34:19,824 what did you understand his job to be? 605 00:34:19,824 --> 00:34:22,827 - He was, uh, Special Unit, 606 00:34:22,827 --> 00:34:24,346 FSB. 607 00:34:24,346 --> 00:34:27,211 - But he had concerns over corruption within the FSB, 608 00:34:27,211 --> 00:34:28,419 did he not, 609 00:34:28,419 --> 00:34:30,732 to the point where he submitted a report 610 00:34:30,732 --> 00:34:32,734 to the head of the FSB? 611 00:34:32,734 --> 00:34:33,666 - That is correct. 612 00:34:35,185 --> 00:34:38,291 - Who was the head of the FSB at that time? 613 00:34:39,982 --> 00:34:41,501 - Vladimir Putin. 614 00:34:43,054 --> 00:34:44,021 - [Robin] Thank you 615 00:34:47,093 --> 00:34:52,098 - Mrs. Litvinenko, when he reported those concerns, 616 00:34:53,479 --> 00:34:56,758 did he think Mr. Putin would act on them at all? 617 00:34:56,758 --> 00:34:57,897 - No. 618 00:34:57,897 --> 00:35:00,141 Very soon Sasha realized that 619 00:35:01,452 --> 00:35:04,662 Putin will not act against these people. 620 00:35:04,662 --> 00:35:05,491 - No? 621 00:35:06,664 --> 00:35:07,458 Why? 622 00:35:08,597 --> 00:35:12,463 - Because Putin knows these people. 623 00:35:12,463 --> 00:35:16,295 He protect them, protect himself. 624 00:35:16,295 --> 00:35:19,160 - Putin was involved in these plots. 625 00:35:19,160 --> 00:35:21,092 That was your husband's view. 626 00:35:22,508 --> 00:35:24,026 - Yes. 627 00:35:24,026 --> 00:35:26,132 - [Sir Robert] Thank you very much indeed. 628 00:35:28,548 --> 00:35:31,172 [bright music] 629 00:35:38,351 --> 00:35:39,870 - [Ben] Sir, the next witnesses 630 00:35:39,870 --> 00:35:42,804 will be from the Metropolitan Police, 631 00:35:42,804 --> 00:35:46,842 members of SO15 Counter Terrorism, 632 00:35:46,842 --> 00:35:51,122 and the detective who led the murder investigation itself. 633 00:35:54,505 --> 00:35:57,405 - The polonium was found in the Itsu restaurant, 634 00:35:57,405 --> 00:35:58,923 where Lugovoy and Kovtun ate, 635 00:36:00,028 --> 00:36:03,169 in the Millennium Hotel, where they stayed, 636 00:36:04,274 --> 00:36:05,758 in the Pine Bar, which they visited, 637 00:36:05,758 --> 00:36:08,209 at the table where they sat, 638 00:36:08,209 --> 00:36:09,624 in the teapot that they ordered, 639 00:36:09,624 --> 00:36:11,729 in the spout of the teapot that they ordered, 640 00:36:11,729 --> 00:36:13,662 that was on the table where they sat, 641 00:36:13,662 --> 00:36:15,733 in both their hotel rooms, 642 00:36:15,733 --> 00:36:20,048 in the U-bend of the basin in Mr. Lugovoy's room, 643 00:36:20,048 --> 00:36:23,707 and, um, oh, several other sites across London, 644 00:36:23,707 --> 00:36:25,571 too long to commit to memory. 645 00:36:25,571 --> 00:36:26,813 - Thank you- 646 00:36:26,813 --> 00:36:28,056 - Including the seats they sat in 647 00:36:28,056 --> 00:36:30,300 on the flight they flew in on from Moscow. 648 00:36:31,232 --> 00:36:32,750 - Thank you Mr. Timmons. 649 00:36:32,750 --> 00:36:35,477 [brooding music] 650 00:36:41,414 --> 00:36:44,245 - Lugovoy was career KGB. 651 00:36:44,245 --> 00:36:46,143 Mr. Litvinenko mentioned that in his statement, 652 00:36:46,143 --> 00:36:49,111 but we, of course, carried out our own investigations, 653 00:36:49,111 --> 00:36:50,561 and were able to verify that. 654 00:36:51,976 --> 00:36:54,565 And if I may, it's worth saying that, just this week, 655 00:36:54,565 --> 00:36:56,602 Mr. Lugovoy was given a medal 656 00:36:56,602 --> 00:36:58,983 for services to the motherland. 657 00:36:59,915 --> 00:37:02,263 - And you mention that... 658 00:37:02,263 --> 00:37:05,162 - We just all thought it was curious timing, that's all. 659 00:37:06,543 --> 00:37:10,409 - [Robin] You interviewed Mr. Lugovoy in December 2006? 660 00:37:10,409 --> 00:37:11,858 - Yes, that is correct. 661 00:37:11,858 --> 00:37:13,274 - Am I right in saying 662 00:37:13,274 --> 00:37:14,930 there is no tape recording of that interview? 663 00:37:16,104 --> 00:37:18,451 - I'm afraid that is also correct. 664 00:37:18,451 --> 00:37:20,488 - [Robin] That is unfortunate, is it not? 665 00:37:22,352 --> 00:37:24,077 - That would be an understatement. 666 00:37:26,597 --> 00:37:29,290 - Now, since you paused Mr. Tam, 667 00:37:29,290 --> 00:37:30,946 may I ask 668 00:37:30,946 --> 00:37:32,810 Mr. Tarpey, 669 00:37:32,810 --> 00:37:35,641 is it right to say that it's not the case 670 00:37:35,641 --> 00:37:37,332 that there was no tape? 671 00:37:37,332 --> 00:37:39,507 - Yes, there was a physical tape. 672 00:37:39,507 --> 00:37:42,406 - There was a tape provided by the Russians 673 00:37:42,406 --> 00:37:45,789 that purported to be of Mr. Lugovoy, 674 00:37:45,789 --> 00:37:50,794 but which was later found to be blank, or wiped, perhaps. 675 00:37:51,519 --> 00:37:52,968 - Yes, that is correct. 676 00:37:54,004 --> 00:37:56,696 - An important clarification, I think. 677 00:38:02,564 --> 00:38:05,774 - Mr. Hyatt, the interviews that you conducted 678 00:38:05,774 --> 00:38:08,432 with Mr. Litvinenko in hospital, 679 00:38:08,432 --> 00:38:11,332 do you have the transcripts with you there? 680 00:38:11,332 --> 00:38:14,369 Now, for this section, sir, unusually, 681 00:38:14,369 --> 00:38:16,233 we will be educing evidence 682 00:38:16,233 --> 00:38:19,788 relating to the death of Mr. Litvinenko 683 00:38:20,824 --> 00:38:23,585 from Mr. Litvinenko himself. 684 00:38:24,759 --> 00:38:27,037 The suggestion is that Mr. Hyatt read 685 00:38:27,037 --> 00:38:29,488 some of his questions aloud for the court 686 00:38:29,488 --> 00:38:33,699 and that I shall read the answers given by Mr. Litvinenko. 687 00:38:33,699 --> 00:38:36,080 Starting then, Mr. Hyatt. 688 00:38:37,875 --> 00:38:39,256 - Um. [clears throat] 689 00:38:39,256 --> 00:38:42,466 At the bottom of page 078, 690 00:38:42,466 --> 00:38:44,365 I'm asking Sasha about the work 691 00:38:44,365 --> 00:38:46,332 he was asked to do by the FSB. 692 00:38:48,230 --> 00:38:50,509 "Your job was to kill. 693 00:38:50,509 --> 00:38:53,028 That's what you're saying. Who?" 694 00:38:53,891 --> 00:38:57,308 - "Enemies of the Russian state. 695 00:38:57,308 --> 00:39:01,382 They give me names. They must be killed. 696 00:39:01,382 --> 00:39:04,661 That is why I am here today." 697 00:39:04,661 --> 00:39:06,387 - "Because you killed?" 698 00:39:06,387 --> 00:39:08,803 - "Because I refuse. 699 00:39:08,803 --> 00:39:11,564 This job is not human. 700 00:39:11,564 --> 00:39:13,946 FSB is corrupt. 701 00:39:13,946 --> 00:39:17,259 I want to tell this to the world." 702 00:39:17,259 --> 00:39:21,678 - Then further on at 085, 703 00:39:21,678 --> 00:39:23,749 I say to him, 704 00:39:23,749 --> 00:39:25,820 "You became a target. 705 00:39:25,820 --> 00:39:29,064 They sent someone over to London." 706 00:39:29,064 --> 00:39:31,101 Uh, Sasha agreed with that, 707 00:39:31,101 --> 00:39:33,034 said he thought someone had been sent 708 00:39:33,034 --> 00:39:35,588 from Moscow to poison him. 709 00:39:35,588 --> 00:39:38,971 Then my colleague, Jim Dawson, asks, 710 00:39:38,971 --> 00:39:42,768 "Do you have any idea who might have ordered this?" 711 00:39:43,976 --> 00:39:47,048 - "I know the man who makes order for this, 712 00:39:47,048 --> 00:39:50,258 the man who says I must die." 713 00:39:50,258 --> 00:39:53,675 - "You have a name? Let's start with a name." 714 00:39:53,675 --> 00:39:54,642 - "His name, 715 00:39:57,507 --> 00:39:59,440 Vladimir Putin." 716 00:39:59,440 --> 00:40:01,683 [ominous music] 717 00:40:01,683 --> 00:40:06,688 [rain pouring] [thunder cracking] 718 00:40:09,104 --> 00:40:12,591 [ominous music continues] 719 00:40:14,385 --> 00:40:15,766 - [Sir Robert] Mr. Emmerson. 720 00:40:17,319 --> 00:40:20,530 - Sir, the final chapter will come, of course, 721 00:40:20,530 --> 00:40:22,670 when you deliver your report. 722 00:40:24,085 --> 00:40:27,398 But the evidence here, sir, is utterly objective, 723 00:40:28,572 --> 00:40:29,539 utterly damning, 724 00:40:30,919 --> 00:40:34,302 and it has the simplicity of undeniable fact. 725 00:40:35,441 --> 00:40:37,167 Polonium-210 726 00:40:37,167 --> 00:40:39,238 is only manufactured 727 00:40:40,342 --> 00:40:41,205 in Russia, 728 00:40:42,413 --> 00:40:45,416 in a tightly-controlled state facility 729 00:40:46,452 --> 00:40:47,384 in Russia. 730 00:40:48,592 --> 00:40:50,698 In the hands of Mr. Lugovoy, Mr. Kovtun, 731 00:40:50,698 --> 00:40:53,321 and Mr. Putin, therefore, 732 00:40:53,321 --> 00:40:55,737 it's not simply a murder weapon 733 00:40:58,222 --> 00:41:00,086 but also a calling card. 734 00:41:03,193 --> 00:41:04,470 - Mr. Emmerson, thank you. 735 00:41:09,855 --> 00:41:13,375 [ominous music continues] 736 00:41:19,692 --> 00:41:20,521 - What Now? 737 00:41:21,522 --> 00:41:23,178 - Now we wait for his judgment. 738 00:41:25,560 --> 00:41:27,873 - To judge the judge. 739 00:41:27,873 --> 00:41:28,770 - [Ben] Exactly. 740 00:41:34,742 --> 00:41:37,158 [door opens] 741 00:41:40,713 --> 00:41:43,405 [Marina groans] 742 00:41:46,788 --> 00:41:48,549 [intercom ringing] 743 00:41:48,549 --> 00:41:51,552 [ominous music] 744 00:41:51,552 --> 00:41:52,345 - Hello? 745 00:41:56,418 --> 00:41:59,870 [ominous music continues] 746 00:42:01,492 --> 00:42:03,011 - Mum. 747 00:42:03,011 --> 00:42:05,427 [door opens] 748 00:42:07,291 --> 00:42:10,778 [ominous music continues] 749 00:42:13,125 --> 00:42:16,300 [streetlamps buzzing] 750 00:42:20,857 --> 00:42:24,585 [Marina speaking in Russian] 751 00:42:30,591 --> 00:42:31,695 You stop. 752 00:42:32,800 --> 00:42:34,595 I will never stop. 753 00:42:35,665 --> 00:42:38,840 [streetlamps buzzing] 754 00:42:44,225 --> 00:42:46,676 [door slams] 755 00:42:46,676 --> 00:42:49,299 [somber music] 756 00:42:57,583 --> 00:43:01,725 [somber music continues] 757 00:43:01,725 --> 00:43:04,763 - The inquiry has found that Mr. Litvinenko 758 00:43:04,763 --> 00:43:06,696 was deliberately poisoned 759 00:43:06,696 --> 00:43:09,871 by Andrey Lugovoy and Dmitry Kovtun. 760 00:43:11,321 --> 00:43:14,669 The inquiry has also found that Lugovoy and Kovtun 761 00:43:14,669 --> 00:43:16,637 were acting on behalf of others 762 00:43:16,637 --> 00:43:19,640 when they poisoned Mr. Litvinenko. 763 00:43:19,640 --> 00:43:21,572 There is a strong probability 764 00:43:21,572 --> 00:43:23,367 that they were acting under the direction 765 00:43:23,367 --> 00:43:26,060 of the Russian domestic security service, 766 00:43:26,060 --> 00:43:28,649 the Federal Security Service, or FSB. 767 00:43:29,650 --> 00:43:31,652 And the inquiry has found 768 00:43:31,652 --> 00:43:35,725 that the FSB operation to kill Mr. Litvinenko 769 00:43:35,725 --> 00:43:38,728 was probably approved by Mr. Patrushev, 770 00:43:38,728 --> 00:43:41,489 the then head of the FSB, 771 00:43:41,489 --> 00:43:43,698 and by President Putin. 772 00:43:45,113 --> 00:43:47,944 [thunder rumbles] 773 00:43:48,807 --> 00:43:50,084 [Marina speaking in Russian] 774 00:43:50,084 --> 00:43:54,364 [Alex speaking in Russian] 775 00:43:54,364 --> 00:43:55,192 - Hi. - Hi. 776 00:43:59,852 --> 00:44:00,991 Why? 777 00:44:00,991 --> 00:44:01,785 What is this? 778 00:44:04,098 --> 00:44:05,996 Why you hide this from me? 779 00:44:10,069 --> 00:44:11,070 When are you due? 780 00:44:11,070 --> 00:44:11,899 - Any day now. 781 00:44:12,900 --> 00:44:13,832 A little boy. 782 00:44:15,005 --> 00:44:16,282 And, well, 783 00:44:17,628 --> 00:44:19,458 we were hoping... 784 00:44:19,458 --> 00:44:20,942 - Um, we were hoping, 785 00:44:22,047 --> 00:44:23,013 if you'd be so kind, 786 00:44:23,013 --> 00:44:25,360 as to give us your blessing, um, 787 00:44:26,707 --> 00:44:27,949 to name him Sasha. 788 00:44:29,951 --> 00:44:32,713 [Marina sobbing] 789 00:44:34,162 --> 00:44:36,751 [somber music] 790 00:44:42,550 --> 00:44:45,933 [somber music continues] 791 00:44:51,076 --> 00:44:54,493 [somber music continues] 792 00:44:59,567 --> 00:45:03,019 [somber music continues] 793 00:45:07,886 --> 00:45:11,337 [somber music continues] 794 00:45:16,101 --> 00:45:19,552 [somber music continues] 795 00:45:24,695 --> 00:45:28,078 [somber music continues] 796 00:45:33,221 --> 00:45:36,638 [somber music continues] 797 00:45:41,678 --> 00:45:44,612 [birds twittering] 798 00:45:47,408 --> 00:45:50,307 [traffic rumbling] 799 00:45:54,760 --> 00:45:57,694 [birds twittering] 800 00:46:02,733 --> 00:46:05,667 [birds twittering] 801 00:46:10,914 --> 00:46:13,814 [birds twittering] 802 00:46:18,025 --> 00:46:20,613 [bright music]