Litvinenko destroyed evidence of Berezovsky's link to militants in Chechnya - ministr

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Litvinenko destroyed evidence of Berezovsky's link to militants in Chechnya - ministry

NALCHIK. June 1 (Interfax) - Former officer of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) Alexander Litvinienko, who died last November, once traveled to Chechnya to destroy evidence of businessman Boris Berezovsky's financing of illegal armed groups, Deputy Russian Interior Minister Arkady Yedelev told journalists in Nalchik on Friday.
"We have reliable data on Litvinenko's stay in Chechnya. He arrived there from Georgia. Litvinenko was involved in the destruction of evidence of Berezovsky's involvement in the financing of illegal armed groups and contacts with Basayev," the deputy minister said.