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Inquiry Into of Litvinenko, a Putin Critic, Nears Conclusion LONDON After days of hearings, testimony by scores of witnesses and the presentation of reams of documentary evidence, a highprofile inquiry into the ofAlexander V. Litvinenko, a former K.G.B. officer poisoned with radioactive polonium , opened the final public chapter on Monday of a narrative ascribing blame for his to Moscow. Throughout the inquiry, which formally opened on Jan. |
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after years of British and Russian resistance, the Kremlin has remained aloof. It withdrew its participation before the inquiry started and declined to extradite two Russian citizens who have denied British accusations of murder in the case Andrei K. Lugovoi and Dmitri V. Kovtun. Mr. Litvinenko, , a whistleblower and vitriolic opponent of President Vladimir V. Putin,d in November after ingesting poloniumlaced tea during an encounter with Mr. Lugovoi and Mr. Kovtun at the upscale Millennium Hotel in Grosvenor Square, just across the way from the American Emby in central London. His came six years after he fled Russia and just weeks after he and his family were granted British citizenship. Early in the inquiry, Mr. Lugovoi, a former K.G.B. bodyguard and prosperous entrepreneur who has since become a lawmaker in Russia, dismissed the accusation of murder. This month, Mr. Kovtun, a former Red Army officer, said he wanted to reverse his resistance to testifying at the inquiry. But there has been no indication so far whether Robert Owen, the senior British judge leading the inquiry, will permit him to do so by video link. I am ready to answer everything, Mr. Kovtun hastold the BBC. I had nothing to do with the murder. Mr. Kovtun and Mr. Lugovoi would both face arrest if they traveled to Britain. Russia says its Constitution forbids the extradition of its own citizens. |
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