And another quote  Even more problematic for Litvinenkos elevation to sainthood is the allegation that he was involved in smuggling nuclear materials out of the former Soviet Union The Independent reports  Alexander Litvinenko the poisoned former Russian agent told the Italian academic he met on the day he fell ill that he had organized the smuggling of nuclear material out of Russia for his security service employers  According to the British newspaper Litvinenko admitted to Scaramella that he had masterminded the smuggling of radioactive material to Zurich in