Ten years after former Russian intelligence officer Aleksandr Litvinenko succumbed to a fatal dose of radioactive polonium in London, his wife lives with the pain of knowing his killers may never be brought to trial.
The only justice Marina Litvinenko has seen is a British public inquiry that concluded in January this year that there was a “strong probability” that her husband’s assassination was carried out by Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB), and “probably” with the approval of President Vladimir Putin. Moscow, however, calls the inquiry “politicized” and has said the alleged killers – who escaped safely to Russia – will never be extradited to Britain.
