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Who killed Litvinenko? Inquiry opens into ex-KGB man’s death


LONDON (AP) — As Alexander Litvinenko lay dying from radiation poisoning in 2006, he named the man he thought had ordered his murder: Russian President Vladimir Putin.
More than eight years on and with the U.K.-Russia relations at their iciest since the Cold War, a public inquiry opens Tuesday into the killing of the Russian intelligence agent turned Kremlin critic, who was poisoned in London with the radioactive isotope polonium-210. Britain has accused Russia of involvement — a claim Moscow denies.
Litvinenko’s widow, Marina, hopes the judge-led inquiry will provide answers about what her lawyer has called “an act of state-sponsored nuclear …read more

Source: KXAN

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