Wife of Russian Ex-Spy Litvinenko Loses Confidence in U.K. Probe

The wife of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko has lost confidence in a coroner’s inquest as the British government said it is considering whether to allow a public inquiry into his death.

Marina Litvinenko has had a “near complete collapse in confidence,” Ben Emmerson, her lawyer, said at a hearing in London today. She has “been shoved and shunted and pushed around by all the resources,” of the British government in a bid to derail the investigation, he said.