Mr Litvinenko accused Mr Putin of directly ordering his killing from his deathbed, the ABC reported in August, 2015. Litvinenko died of poisoning as a result of drinking polonium 210 which was slipped into his tea in a London hotel room.
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On Thursday, the two suspects’ assets were frozen by the United Kingdom shortly after the report was released.
Russia’s ambassador to London says a British inquiry’s findings into Alexander Litvinenko’s death is a “provocation”.
A retired British judge, Robert Owen, issued a report on Thursday that included an extraordinary conclusion.
The inquiry found that former KGB bodyguard Andrei Lugovoy and another Russian Dmitry Kovtun carried out the killing as part of an operation probably directed by Russia’s Federal Security Service.
Russia’s Investigative Committee said the Litvinenko investigation ceased being a criminal investigation and had transformed into a full-fledged political event a year ago.
The latest inquiry has also focused on Lugovoi’s friend and associate Dmitry Kovtun, a former Soviet soldier and businessman who was also at the meeting in the hotel with Litvinenko. The British government has also summoned the Russian ambassador to London over the report.
The Kremlin has always denied any involvement but the claim Putin directly ordered a killing of an opponent with a radioactive isotope in a major Western capital provoked immediate censure from Moscow.
“This was a blatant and unacceptable breach of the most fundamental tenets of worldwide law and of civilised behaviour”, Ms May said. A foreign office spokeswoman said “The minister set out the United Kingdom government’s deep concern regarding the findings of the independent Litvinenko Inquiry report”.
“Why am I saying “quasi-inquiry” and why can’t we treat this as an inquiry?” he added.
“His murder was a awful crime and as we’ve said before, we believe the perpetrator of the crime should be brought to justice”, State Department spokesman Mark Toner said at a press briefing.
As a lawmaker, he is now immune from prosecution in Russian Federation.
British public inquiry says murder of former KGB agent in London “was probably approved” by President Vladimir V. Putin of Russian Federation. “Mr. Litvinenko made repeated highly personal attacks on President Putin culminating in the allegation of pedophillia in July 2006”.
“I am also calling for the imposition of targeted economic sanctions and travel bans against named individuals including Mr Patrushev (former FSB chief Nikolai) and Mr Putin”.
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Litvinenko, a vocal critic of Putin, died after he was poisoned with polonium-210.
