Russia’s Foreign Ministry is dismissing a British inquiry’s conclusion that Russian President Vladimir Putin “probably” approved a 2006 assassination operation in which the country’s spy agency poisoned its former agent Alexander Litvinenko in London.
“We regret that the purely criminal case has been politicized and has marred the entire atmosphere of bilateral relations,” said ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova in Russian state media.
“Of course, we need time to study in detail the content of this document and after that we will give a full assessment,” she added.
Litvinenko’s death by radiation poisoning at a hotel in London has been a sore …read more
Source: Voice of America
