Spy death

Litvinenko inquiry: Russia involved in spy's death, Scotland Yard says

Scotland Yard has contended that the Russian state was involved in the murder of Alexander Litvinenko as the force broke its silence at the inquiry into the spy’s death from poisoning.

Delivering an excoriating closing speech on the penultimate day of the public inquiry, lawyers representing the Metropolitan police tore into Russia’s record on cooperation with the investigation into Litvinenko’s murder.