What Is Dmitry Kovtun Known For?
Dmitry Vladimirovich Kovtun, who was a Russian businessman, business consultant, and a former USSR KGB agent, died on June 4, 2022, in a hospital in Moscow, Russia. From sources, Kovtun died as a result of the effects of COVID-19. After his graduation from school, Kovtun, together with his childhood friend and classmate, Andrei Lugovoi, served…
Dmitry Vladimirovich Kovtun, who was a Russian businessman, business consultant, and a former USSR KGB agent, died on June 4, 2022, in a hospital in Moscow, Russia. From sources, Kovtun died as a result of the effects of COVID-19.
After his graduation from school, Kovtun, together with his childhood friend and classmate, Andrei Lugovoi, served at the ninth directorate of the Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti (KGB), which was the main security agency for the Soviet Union.
Kovtun and Lugovoi engaged in security business after USSR collapsed.
In 2018, the UK government froze its assets under the Antiterrorism act of 2001.
What Is Dmitry Kovtun Known For?
Dmitry Kovtun is very well known for the suspicion to have murdered Alexander Litvinenko, a former spy, in London.
From sources, Alexander Litvinenko was an outspoken critic of Vladimir Putin, the president of Russia.
It was suspected that Litvinenko was poisoned at a meeting and died three days after.
