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In Part 3 of the Litvinenko case, we will have a look at the events that led to Litvinenko's poisoning. Then, in Part 4 we will have a look at what the Metropolitan Police did and how the British government reacted to this unbelievable series of events.  THE KEY PLAYERS  Andrey Lugovoy was born in Baku, Azerbaijan and was a childhood friend of Dmitry Kovtun. Both of them joined the KGB at the same time, in the end of the 1980s. He provided protection for top officials and later on went into private business. He knew Litvinenko for 10 years before the dissident escaped to London. They were just acquaintances and were neither tied professionally or personally.  Dmitry Kovtun was born in 1965 and trained at the Soviet command academy in Moscow with Lugovoy. He was in East Germany at the fall of the Soviet Union and fled with his wife to claim political asylum in Hamburg. He had unfortunate luck when it came to jobs. He had worked in the hospitality industry as a dishwasher...

  They were known as one of fashion's hottest power couples from Italy. Until one day when it came crashing down. Left by her husband for a younger, more glamorous woman, the jilted Patrizia Reggiani decided to hire a hitman to gun down her lowlife ex-husband, Maurizio Gucci. By the last name of the victim, you can tell this sordid affair was written like a stylish European classical film.  Maurizio Gucci was born on September 26, 1948 in Florence to parents Rodolfo Gucci and Sandra Ravel.  Rodolfo was one of six children born to Guccio Gucci, the original founder of the famous fashion brand, House of Gucci. Rodolfo was also an actor, known as Maurizio D'Ancora. He started in over 40 movies from 1929 to 1946. He met met his future wife while filming the movie  Together in the Dark,  and they married in 1940s. Their son was born 8 years after that, and was named after his father's stage name. In 1953, he left acting and went to work in the family busine...