European Court of Human Rights rules Russia is responsible for the murder of Alexander Litvinenko
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« on: September 23, 2021, 12:27:39 AM »

https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/21/europe/russia-responsible-assassination-alexander-litvinenko-echr-intl/index.html

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Russia was responsible for killing Alexander Litvinenko, a former Russian agent turned Kremlin critic who died in London by polonium poisoning in 2006, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) said Tuesday.

The ruling found that "Russia was responsible for assassination of Aleksandr Litvinenko in the UK."

"The Court found in particular that there was a strong prima facie case that, in poisoning Mr Litvinenko, Mr Lugovoi and Mr Kovtun had been acting as agents of the Russian State," it said, referring to the names of two Russian agents accused of killing Litvinenko.

The court also ruled that Russian authorities "had not carried out an effective domestic investigation capable of leading to the establishment of the facts and, where appropriate, the identification and punishment of those responsible for the murder."

The ECHR verdict supports the findings of a 2016 British inquiry that found that the two Russian agents poisoned Litvinenko at a London hotel bar in 2006 by spiking his green tea with the highly radioactive polonium-210.
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« Reply #1 on: September 23, 2021, 03:04:39 AM »

I used to live in an apartment complex in downtown Wiesbaden (the Vierjahrezeithen) that housed several Russian spies.

LOL.  They made it all too obvious. 
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« Reply #2 on: September 23, 2021, 05:17:33 AM »

oh no, should Putin expect a strongly worded letter?
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« Reply #3 on: September 23, 2021, 05:59:30 AM »

Just in: extensive investigation revealed that bears shat in woods 12 years ago. Unconfirmed reports that the Pope was Catholic at that time.
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« Reply #4 on: September 23, 2021, 06:58:36 AM »

oh no, should Putin expect a strongly worded letter?

i'm sure somebody will tut and sigh loudly.
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