RUSSIA | S03 06 - The spies who suck at spying
In 2006, Russian assassins killed a dissident in London. But they left a spectacular radioactive mess behind them and ended up in a Moscow hospital. But this wasn't the worst example of spycraft in England over the last two decades. One attack went so disastrously wrong it made the United Kingdom finally wake up to the threat of Putin's Kremlin. The story of how espionage screwups can have global consequences.
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Show Notes
In 2006, Russian assassins killed a dissident in London. But they left a spectacular radioactive mess behind them and ended up in a Moscow hospital.
But this wasn't the worst example of spycraft in England over the last two decades.
One attack went so disastrously wrong it made the United Kingdom finally wake up to the threat of Putin's Kremlin.
The story of how espionage screwups can have global consequences.