Evidence that shows Russia was behind the 2006 murder of former KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko in London will mostly be given in secret, the chairman of a public inquiry into his death said on Thursday.
Kremlin critic Litvinenko, 43, died after being poisoned with a radioactive isotope in November 2006, a crime which from his death bed he blamed on Russian President Vladimir Putin. Russia has repeatedly denied any involvement.
Formally opening an inquiry into the killing at London’s High Court, senior judge Robert Owen repeated his assertion that the British government held material which indicated the Russian state was responsible.
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Source: Voice of America
