Andrey Lugovoy

The US sanctions two Russians accused of poisoning ex-KGB spy Alexander Litvinenko

 

The Obama administration has sanctioned Andrei Lugovoi and Dmitri Kovtun as alleged assassins of Alexander Litvinenko, a former Russian spy. The two are believed to be among the top allies of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

 

The two men allegedly poisoned Litvinenko in London in 2006.

 

Putin 'probably' approved Polonium murder of Litvinenko: British inquiry

President Vladimir Putin probably approved a Russian intelligence operation to murder ex-KBG agent Alexander Litvinenko with radioactive polonium-210, a British inquiry into the 2006 killing in London concluded. 

Litvinenko, 43, an outspoken critic of Putin who fled Russia, died after drinking green tea laced with the rare radioactive isotope at London's Millennium Hotel.