Vladimir Putin Likely Approved Murder of Alexander Litvinenko: Inquiry

[joeybee12]

LONDON — Russian President Vladimir Putin "probably" personally sanctioned the nuclear murder of ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko, a British judge ruled Thursday.

The dissident died in 2006 after drinking green tea poisoned with radioactive polonium-210 in a London hotel. Litvinenko had predicted that Russia would assassinate him and claimed on his deathbed that Putin likely ordered his killing.

After a six-month public inquiry, a British judge ruled that the one-time KGB agent was murdered on the orders of Russia's FSB security agency — and that the action was "probably approved" by Putin.

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/vladimir-putin-likely-approved-murder-alexander-litvinenko-inquiry-n500996

I think the Kremlin's response will be posted here pretty soon.

[Dr Hobbitstein]

1. The Kremlin's spokesperson.