Quote Originally Posted by Sarmatian View Post
Actually, applying Ockham's Razor would suggest that he and two others were involved in polonium smuggling. Since none of them was an expert, the possibility of poisoning was rather high.

It is by far the simplest theory. Opposed to it was that of all those thousands who badmouthed Putin, he was specifically chosen after 7 years in exile, and those wishing to kill him choose to do it with an extremely complicated method.
You would need to posit why they were undertaking such smuggling, my is was not more securely transported, who it was to be sold to and why a former KGB agent would be undertaking such a dangerous venture without backing from Russia.

In fact, if Litvineko WAS smuggling Polonium that means he was stealing it from the Russian state to sell to Terrorists, possibly Chechens given his political leanings, which would be a compelling reason for Putin to kill him.

It would be poetic to do it with Polonium, no?