Andrei Lugavoi

Alexander Litvinenko in the hospital shortly before his death in 2006.

Moscow gets formal blame for the 2006 killing of a dissident in London

January 27, 2015Justice

A court of inquiry in London has accused Russia of a “miniature nuclear attack” on the British capital. The inquiry says 2006 murder of Russian dissident Alexander Litvinenko, who was poisoned with radioactive material, appears to have been carried out at Moscow’s behest, but the evidence is still secret.

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