MOSCOW (AP) — President Vladimir Putin has made no public comment on the sensational report by a British judge that concluded the Kremlin leader probably approved a 2006 plan to kill a Russian dissident in London.
Moscow apparently believes that Western leaders’ eagerness to stem the tide of Syrian refugees will make them hesitant to push Russia too strongly in the murder case, fearful of hindering peace talks on Syria that are scheduled to begin next week.
Russia’s reaction to Thursday’s report on the poisoning death of Alexander Litvinenko — a former security operative who became a fierce Kremlin critic — is …read more
Source: San Francisco Chronicle
