Marina Litvinenko, widow of murdered KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko makes her way back to the High Court in central London, January 27, 2015. Litvinenko was attending the first day of the long-awaited public inquiry into the death of her husband, nine years after the former KGB spy died after drinking tea poisoned with a rare radioactive isotope in the British capital. REUTERS/Andrew Winning
LONDON (Reuters) - Ex-KGB spy Alexander Litvinenko, who died after drinking tea poisoned with a rare radioactive isotope, told British police beforehand that Russian President Vladimir Putin was personally behind it, an inquiry into his killing heard on Tuesday.
British authorities believe Kremlin-critic Litvinenko was poisoned with green tea laced with polonium-210 at the Pine Bar of the plush Millennium hotel in central London on Nov. 1, 2006 during a meeting with two Russians, Andrei Lugovoy and Dmitry Kovtun.
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