Russia blamed for Litvinenko killing

The European Court of Human Rights ruled yesterday that Russia was responsible for the 2006 killing of ex-KGB officer Alexander Litvinenko who died an agonising 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 Londons 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.