Hyde Park St James’s Park Regent’s Park The Mall Constitution Hill Euston Rd Sloane St Baker St Wigmore St Marylebone Rd Portland Pl Tottenham Court Rd Oxford Street Marble Arch Piccadilly Cu rzon S t W h i t e h a l l Soho Knightsbridge Mayfair Marylebone Blackfriars Euston Waterloo St Pancras King’s Cross Marylebone Paddington R iv er T ham es 1/2 MILE October 16 November 1 3 4 22 17 18 28 29 30 31 October 16, 2006 Andrei Lugovoi and Dmitri Kovtun arrive in London on a Transaero Boeing 737. Meet Alexander Litvinenko in Bond Street and together go to 25 Grosvenor Street, office of Enirys security firm before a late lunch at Itsu sushi bar October 17 Litvinenko, Lugovoi and Kovtun meet again, visiting RISC Management, a security firm in Cavendish Place. All three go back to Parkes Hotel October 18 Kovtun and Lugovoi fly to Moscow, on Transaero 25 26 October 25 Lugovoi arrives in London on BA Flight 875. Polonium later detected on aircraft. Stays at the Sheraton Park Lane and Litvinenko visits him. Radiation is later found October 26 Lugovoi says he met Litvinenko in the hotel lobby and again in the bar on the following evening before flying back to Moscow on BA the day after that October 28 to October 30 Kovtun on Aeroflot flight from Moscow to Hamburg — Russians later say no polonium was found on board. Visits former wife, Marina Wall, in Hamburg. Traces of polonium-210 later found in ex-wife’s apartment, in a clothes shop and in former mother-in-law's flat October 30 Kovtun leaves radiation at an immigration bureau, in a restaurant and a gambling club October 31 Lugovoi comes to London on BA Flight 872 with his wife and son to watch the Arsenal-CSKA Moscow match — polonium later detected on plane November 3 Lugovoi and family return to Moscow November 4 After three days of sickness Litvinenko is admitted to Barnet General Hospital November 23 Litvinenko dies in University College Hospital November 30 Inquest confirms he died from radiation poisoning December 1 Mario Scaramella tests positive for polonium-210 December 4 Scotland Yard team flies to Moscow to interview witnesses including Lugovoi and Kovtun. Two days later announces it is treating the case as murder December 7 Litvinenko buried at Highgate cemetery January 26, 2007 Guardian report names Lugovoi as a suspect May 22 Crown Prosecution Service says there is enough evidence to charge Lugovoi with murder and that it will apply to extradite him from Russia y a M r e b m e v o N TEXT: LINDA MACDONALD, GRAPHIC: JENNY RIDLEY November 1 Kovtun arrives at Heathrow on GermanWings 4U 7342 from Hamburg — same as mystery man "Vladislav". 12 noon Litvinenko arrives in central London by car buying a newspaper near Piccadilly Circus. The car later tested negative for radiation 3pm Meets academic Mario Scaramella at Itsu and receives documents 4pm Hurries to Boris Berezovsky's office in 7 Down Street. Shows documents and photocopies them. Radiation later found on photocopying machine. At some point he also visits Erinys 4.30pm Litvinenko meets Lugovoi and Kovtun at Pine Bar, Millennium hotel in Grosvenor Square ahead of the Arsenal match. Kovtun and Lugovoi went to Pescatori on the same day. Radiation later detected at the Emirates stadium and among staff at the Pine Bar Later, Litvinenko complains of feeling sick and spends the night vomiting at his home in Osier Crescent Cavendish Place Parkes hotel Boris Berezovsky GREATER LONDON Heathrow Airport 2 MILES Barnet Hospital Osier Crescent Emirates stadium Mayfair Moscow Hamburg UK GERMANY RUSSIA Brompton Rd Andrei Lugovoi The Litvinenko poisoning Mario Scaramella Polonium-210 Police search in Hamburg Alexander Litvinenko Millennium hotel, Grosvenor Sq Itsu sushi bar Pescatori restaurant University Collge hospital 58 Grosvenor St 25 Grosvenor St 7 Down St Sheraton Park Lane hotel London