Russia 'Responsible' for Killing Litvinenko, Says Europe's Top Rights Court

'The court said there was a "strong prima facie" case that Lugovoi and Kovtun "had been acting on the direction or control of the Russian authorities."

Russia had not attempted to show in the case that the pair acted as part of a "rogue operation" and had also failed to rebut accusations of state involvement.

As a result, the court said it had decided the assassination was "imputable to Russia." '

- Russia 'Responsible' for Killing Litvinenko, Says Europe's Top Rights Court, September 21, 2021



Context

(Navalny) - Russian Agent .. Confessing Poison Plot - 'Nobody in the world now has any doubt about the criminal character of the Russian political leadership.' - Gudkov

(Russia, Belarus) - 'Regimes that rule by fear, live in fear. They fear that one day the people will no longer tolerate their lies, thieving and brutality..'

'..offensive use of a nerve agent in Europe..' - '..the Soviet Union was cut off from Western financial markets..'


'..Russia must be deterred.' - '..blurring of the line between peace, crisis and war..'

'..Europe .. to turn to alternative energy sources for its survival..'