The Daily Journalist.
Moscow has already conceded the blow of explosive findings of the investigation into the death of spy Alexander Litvinenko, according to which Vladimir Putin, “probably” approved the murder.
The first official reaction from Russia has come from an unnamed source according to RIA Novosti “Moscow will not accept the verdict of the British court” because “London has violated the presumption of innocence”.
The same source sees “illegitimate” that parts of the trial were maintained in secret and warns of “serious consequences” for relations with the United Kingdom.
Russia believes the accusations a “politicized case” and believes it”spoils bilateral relations,” added the Foreign Ministry spokesman, Maria Zajarova.
The Kremlin blamed of “British humor” the verdict in England, describing the conclusion of the investigation as a mokery of justice. “In general this can be attributed to the British humor so refined,” Kremlin spokesman, Dmitri Peskov, who warned that the report “further poisoned the atmosphere of our bilateral relations.”
For the process seems a joke “by the fact that an open public data is based on secrets about intelligence services that are not named, and that the verdict, which is held in such ephemeral information, regularly used words such as possibly and probably .”
This research terminology, he stressed, “is not tolerated in our legal practice or in other countries, and obviously can not be taken as a verdict.”
Andrei Lugovoi, one of the two Russians marked today by the British judge as the murderers of former spy Alexander Litvinenko, It has been said that the accusations against him are “absurd,” according to Interfax released.
In its conclusions, the judge clearly says he is “confident that Lugovoi and Dmitri Kovtun put polonium (…) with the intention of killing Litvinenko.” The investigation into the murder, executed in London in 2006, concluded that Russian President Vladimir Putin, was aware of this operation the Russian espionage to assassinate former agent Lugovoi and Dimitri Kovtun KGB.
The old acquaintances Litvinenko and Litvinenko met them in London. And soon after they left a trail leading to Moscow. They were found traces of polonium from the places where they spent the suspects, from airplanes to Arsenal Stadium, where both attended a football game. Lugovoi and Kovtun have always denied involvement in the death of his former comrade explanation is that Litvinenko had many enemies. British authorities have asked unsuccessfully to extradite the two suspects to the United Kingdom.
