Softly-softly isn’t working. Time to play hard with wealthy Russians living in Britain

We need to recap briefly the similarities between Alexander Litvinenko and Sergei Skripal, because they are stark.

Both served in the Russian security services; both faced prosecution in Russia; both found sanctuary in Britain; both co-operated with British intelligence agencies. And both were attacked with rare poisons, of kinds available only to governments. The only important difference is that Litvinenko’s murderers were successful, while Skripal is still fighting for his life.

Suspicion is strong that Litvinenko was killed because he was revealing secrets about the Kremlin’s business interests and the inquiry into his 2006 murder was pretty categorical about the identity of the poisoner. Judge Robert Owen, in his ruling two years ago, concluded there was a “strong probability” that the FSB had sent the two assassins who came from Russia to murder Litvinenko, in an operation “probably approved” by Vladimir Putin.


Source : foxnews