Widow of ex-KGB agent plans legal action on UK's Russia report


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  • Saturday, 16 Nov 2019

FILE PHOTO Marina Litvinenko widow of former Russian intelligence agent Alexander Litvinenko poses for a portrait during an interview with Reuters in London Britain March 14 2018. REUTERSToby MelvilleFile Photo

FILE PHOTO: Marina Litvinenko, widow of former Russian intelligence agent Alexander Litvinenko, poses for a portrait during an interview with Reuters in London, Britain, March 14, 2018. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo

LONDON (Reuters) - The widow of a Russian dissident murdered in London plans to challenge a decision by Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government not to publish a report on alleged Russian meddling in Britain, a lawyer representing the widow said.

Marina Litvinenko, whose husband Alexander, a former KGB agent, was murdered with a radioactive isotope in 2006, sent Johnson a letter on Wednesday saying she planned to take legal action, lawyer Elena Tsirlina said.

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