Putin implicated in assassination of Alexander Litvinenko in London

The inquiry into Alexander Litvinenko’s death found there were “powerful motives” for organisations and individuals within the Russian state to take action against him.

Russia has sharply criticised the conclusions of a UK inquiry into the 2006 poisoning death of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko.

One of two Russians accused of murdering ex-KGB spy Alexander Litvinenko with a radioactive poison in London in 2006 was given a final chance to give evidence to a British public inquiry into the death.

One of the men accused of murdering poisoned Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko has said he believes the former KGB officer might have killed himself accidentally after handling radioactive material.

One of the men accused of murdering poisoned spy Alexander Litvinenko will be told he can give evidence at the inquiry into his death in July, the Royal Courts of Justice has heard.

Like Stalin, Putin has nurtured a climate of fear and lawlessness, in which those who rally behind the Kremlin feel a duty to eliminate the leader’s opponents however they can, says Nina L Khrushcheva

Murdered spy Alexander Litvinenko’s widow says Boris Nemtsov’s shooting was the Russian government’s way of saying anyone who spoke out against Vladimir Putin would be killed.

Radioactive contamination was detected on a grounded plane used by the suspected murderers of poisoned spy Alexander Litvinenko after reassurances from Russian authorities that nothing was found, an inquiry has revealed.

One of the men suspected of murdering poisoned spy Alexander Litvinenko wanted to be a “porno star” and had no links to the gas and oil industry as he claimed, an inquiry has heard.

A retired army major-general tested positive for a radioactive substance after two men suspected of poisoning former KGB officer Alexander Litvinenko had visited his offices, an inquiry heard.

The widow of poisoned spy Alexander Litvinenko has told an inquiry into his death that he would not have acquired the nuclear materials that killed him.

The widow of poisoned spy Alexander Litvinenko has told the inquiry into his death that he believed Vladimir Putin was involved in “criminal conduct”.

The widow of poisoned spy Alexander Litvinenko has told the inquiry into his death that she has not spoken to his father since he branded him a “traitor”.

The widow of poisoned spy Alexander Litvinenko is to give evidence at the public inquiry in England into his death.

Russian military planes were discovered flying past the west coast of Ireland recently before being intercepted by British Fighter jets, it has emerged.

The postmortem examination of poisoned spy Alexander Litvinenko was “one of the most dangerous ever undertaken in the western world”, the public inquiry into his death has heard.

A long-awaited inquiry into the death of Russian former spy Alexander Litvinenko opened with the revelation that the KGB agent turned Kremlin critic may have been poisoned with radioactive polonium not once — as authorities initially thought — but twice.

An inquiry into the death of the Russian fugitive has finally opened. But those who say that justice delayed is justice denied have doubts that the truth will ever emerge, writes Mary Dejevsky

The death of Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko gives rise to issues of “utmost gravity” including allegations of state-sponsored assassination, the chair of a public inquiry has said.

A long-awaited public inquiry into the death of poisoned spy Alexander Litvinenko is finally set to open today, more than eight years after his death.

A Russian production company has hired a man charged with the murder of Alexander Litvinenko as a consultant on a TV series about the mysterious death.

The widow of murdered spy Alexander Litvinenko said she does not believe a public inquiry into his death has been sparked by international tension with Russia.

A public inquiry will be held into the death of poisoned Russian ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko, the British Home Secretary has confirmed.

The British Government is expected to announce today that a public inquiry will be held into the death of poisoned ex Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko.

Radiation experts investigating the death of the Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky have given his mansion the all clear.

Sensitive evidence alleged to expose poisoned spy Alexander Litvinenko’s ties to MI6 will be examined in secret, a coroner in the UK has ruled today.

The Russian government was most likely involved in the murder by poisoning of Kremlin critic and former spy Alexander Litvinenko in London in 2006, a British lawyer told a preliminary hearing into the death.

David Cameron and Vladimir Putin will hold talks on the Syrian civil war in London tomorrow.

The body of former Palestinian president Yasser Arafat may be exhumed after the discovery of traces of a radioactive agent on clothing he reportedly wore in his final days reignited a cauldron of conspiracy theories.

A wealthy Russian banker was in a coma under armed guard in hospital tonight after being gunned down in a suspected assassination attempt.

David Cameron insisted that Britain would not give up on bringing Alexander Litvinenko’s killer to justice as he kicked off his visit to Russia today.

Russia's secret services have abandoned the Soviet-era practice of killing traitors, says Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.

Senior American officials believed Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin could have known about the plan to murder dissident former spy Alexander Litvinenko in London, the latest leaked US diplomatic cables have revealed.

Boris Berezovsky won £150,000 High Court libel damages today over claims on a Russian TV broadcast about the radiation poisoning murder of Alexander Litvinenko.

The case that included James Bond-style gadgetry has been closed by Bulgarian authorities, writes Michael Thurston

The Russian government does not want the murder of dissident Alexander Litvinenko to be solved, his widow and son said today.

Dmitry Medvedev’s victory in the Russian presidential election was greeted cautiously across Europe today, as leaders said they hoped he could mend relations damaged during Vladimir Putin’s presidency.

LONDON accused Moscow of “reprehensible” conduct yesterday after the British Council suspended the operation of Russian offices following a secret police crackdown on the cultural body.

Britain’s ambassador to Russia said today that the Government will continue to press for the extradition of the main suspect in the killing of Alexander Litvinenko despite his probable membership in Russia’s new parliament, Russian news agencies reported.

The former KGB officer suspected of involvement in the death of Kremlin critic Alexander Litvinenko in London last year dismissed concerns today that his recent election to Russia’s parliament was a spit in the face of the West.