Former KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko lying in a London hospital in November 2006, dying of radiation poisoning. Photo credit: NYT
LONDON (REUTERS/BLOOMBERG/AFP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin probably approved a Russian intelligence operation to murder former KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko, a judge led-British inquiry into the 2006 killing in London concluded.
There was personal antagonism between the men, and Mr Putin and members of his administration had motives for killing him, the inquiry published in London on Thursday (Jan 21) said.
Mr Litvinenko, 43, an outspoken critic of Mr Putin who fled Russia six years before his murder, died three weeks after drinking …read more
Source: The Borneo Post
