Tags: Alexander Litvinenko

British ministers want transparency on list of foreigners banned from the UK after the Litvinenko murder inquiry. The murdered spy’s brother claims that the UK government was behind the assassination.

Russia has accused the British government of forcing out its diplomats in violation of international law, saying it believes some of the country's politicians have taken a strategic decision to worsen relations with Moscow.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is a "tin pot despot" who personally ordered the 2006 poisoning murder of ex-KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko in London, the lawyer for his widow said on Friday.