Lawyer for family of spy poisoned in London in 2006 labels Russian president a ‘tinpot despot (a dictator with absolute power)’ and asks judge to formally implicate him in murderThe family of poisoned spy Alexander Litvinenko have made a final plea to the judge presiding over the inquiry into his death to formally implicate Vladimir Putin in his murder. On the final day of the exhaustive public inquiry,Ben Emmerson QC, representing Litvinenko’s widow, and Marina,and son Anatoly, said the evidence heard proves Putin personally ordered the murder of the Russian dissident on the streets of London.
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Source: theguardian.com