Vladimir Putin 'probably' approved poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko, inquiry finds

Vladimir Putin probably approved the assassination of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko, a report has found.
Sir Robert Owen’s 300-page report concludes that Andrei Lugovoi and Dmitri Kovtun poisoned the 43-year-old with radioactive polonium 210 at a Mayfair hotel in 2006.
The judge found that there is a “strong probability” that the Russian secret service directed the killing, and the operation was “probably approved” the Russian.
“I find that the FSB operation to kill Mr Litvinenko was probably approved by (its then director Nikolai) Patrushev and also by President Putin” the report says.
Sir Robert heard from 62 witnesses in hearings stretching over six months and used intelligence evidence in his inquiry, which was commissioned by the Lord Chancellor and Justice Secretary in 2014.
Lugovoi and Kovtun both deny any involvement in the murder.
Source; Independant