Russia says spy inquiry not objective at all

Russia's Foreign Ministry said on Thursday that Moscow does not consider the conclusions of a British inquiry into the 2006 death of a former Russian spy to be impartial because it claims the result had been predetermined, and said the inquiry had been "politicized".

"We regret that a purely criminal case was politicized and has darkened the general atmosphere of bilateral relations," Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said in a statement.

A British judge pointed the finger at Russia for the radiation poisoning of former KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko.