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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 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 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.
Alexander Litvinenko is pictured at the Intensive Care Unit of University College Hospital on November 20, 2006 in London. He died three days later
Kremlin critic Alexander Litvinenko, 43, (pictured in 2002) 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
Before dying, Litvinenko issued a message blaming Russian President Vladimir Putin for the poisoning.
Russia has always denied any involvement in Litvinenko's death which plunged Anglo-Russian relations to a post-Cold War low.
A lengthy British inquiry concluded in 2016 that Russian President Vladimir Putin probably approved a
