A public inquiry into the killing of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko has concluded that President Putin probably approved his assassination. May said the lack of a credible response from Russia regarding the attack will be considered a use of force on British territory.
The remarks by Prime Minister Theresa May, delivered in an address to Parliament, were an unusually direct condemnation of a country that Britain has, in the past, been loath to blame for attacks on its soil. Critics say the British authorities took only modest countermeasures after Russian agents poisoned a former MI6 informant in 2006 with the rare isotope polonium 210.
The attack if by Russia cannot be accepted by UK since it construes a direct attack by a foreign to its citizen. Basically it means a threat to its soverignity.
The incident will disrupt the already bad relations between two states. This would ultimately affect the Russian position in Eastern Europe, Ukraine and Black Sea.
