During the press conference, he held up a Scotland Yard report to the coroner, which he said had been provided to him by British authorities under a non-disclosure agreement. He said the few facts contained in the report proved his version of events, claiming it established that the polonium trail led from London back to Moscow, rather than the other way round. He said the rest was a mix of “politically motivated rumours and gossip” designed to smear him and Russia.
[source : Alexander Litvinenko murder suspect to avoid taking part in inquest, The Independent, http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/alexander-litvinenko-murder-suspect-to-avoid-taking-part-in-inquest-8531697.html, 13th March 2013]
The British Government has claimed that the Russian state was involved in the murder, through Lugovoi. But from what we know, Lugovoi was not a skilled assassin trained in the use of radioactive substances, and if he was indeed the assassin then he risked the lives of his children in killing Litvinenko in the way is claimed. However, there are enough questions surrounding the death of Arafat that it is now believed that Israel killed him with Polonium-210. Lugovoi also passed a lie detector test.
On the other hand, the British Government is now hiding behind national security to withhold evidence from the inquest into Litvinenko's death, having had over 6 years to provide whatever evidence they have to the general public.
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