Poisoned Spy: CPS Wanted To Prosecute Russians
The CPS wanted to prosecute two Russians for Alexander Litvinenko's murder, but extradition was refused by Moscow.
A public inquiry into the death of poisoned spy Alexander Litvinenko has been formally opened in London.
Coroner Sir Robert Owen suspended the current inquest into Mr Litvinenko's death before opening the inquiry, which was announced by Home Secretary Theresa May last week.
It will allow investigators to probe whether Moscow was behind the former KGB officer's murder and comes at a time of worsening relations between the UK and Russia.
Mr Litvinenko was poisoned with radioactive polonium-210 while drinking tea with two Russian men, one a former KGB officer, at the Millennium Hotel in London's Grosvenor Square.
His family believes he was working for MI6 at the time and was killed on the orders of the Kremlin.
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