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Poisoning link whistleblo­wer feared for life

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A RUSSIAN whistleblo­wer who died while jogging avoided going to his homeland as he “feared for his life”, an inquest heard.

A month earlier debt-ridden Alexander Perepilich­nyy, 44, won a legal battle against a firm led by the prime suspect in the fatal poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko, the hearing was told.

He died near his home in Weybridge, Surrey, in November 2012. Mr Perepilich­nyy had been helping a specialist firm uncover a £150million Russian moneylaund­ering operation.

Via video from Moscow to the Old Bailey hearing, lawyer Dimitry Lipkin, who represente­d Mr Perepilich­nyy in civil debt cases, said he had missed a court case in Russia as he was “fearful for his life”. Inquest continues.

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DEATH Alexander Perepilich­nyy

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