Vladimir Putin's decision to give a state honour to Andrei Lugovoi, the man accused of murdering the Russian dissident Alexander Litvinenko, is a deliberate provocation apparently aimed at the UK, the inquiry into Litvinenko's death has heard.
The Guardian: Russian honour for Andrei Lugovoi is provocation, Litvinineko inquiry told
Andrei Lugovoi reacts during a press conference in Moscow, Russia on March 12, 2013, about the 2006 poisoning in London of former Russian agent turned Kremlin critic Alexander Litvinenko.
