The European Court of Human Rights ruled on Tuesday that Russia was responsible for the 2006 killing of ex-KGB officer Alexander Litvinenko, who died an agonizing death after he was poisoned in London with Polonium 210, a rare radioactive isotope.
Kremlin critic Litvinenko, 43, died weeks after drinking green tea laced with polonium-210 at London’s plush Millennium Hotel in an attack Britain has long blamed on Moscow.
In its ruling, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) concluded Russia was responsible for the killing.
“It found that Mr. Litvinenko’s assassination was imputable to Russia,” its statement said.
Russia has always denied
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