White House Not Ruling Out ‘Any Future Steps’ Over Litvinenko Case

© REUTERS / Vasily Djachkov/FilesAlexander Litvinenko, then an officer of Russia's state security service FSB, attends a news conference in Moscow in this November 17, 1998 file picture
Alexander Litvinenko, then an officer of Russia's state security service FSB, attends a news conference in Moscow in this November 17, 1998 file picture - Sputnik International
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The United States could take action in response to recent UK findings regarding the death of former Russian FSB secret service agent Alexander Litvinenko, White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest told reporters on Thursday.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — Earlier in the day, the British inquiry blamed Litvinenko’s death on Russian authorities but could not conclude that the polonium-210 used to poison the former agent had come from Russia. The Russian Foreign Ministry said that the UK inquiry was politicized.

"I don’t have any actions to announce today in direct response to these [UK] findings," Earnest stated in a briefing. "But I, certainly, would not rule out any relevant future steps."

Alexander Litvinenko is pictured at the Intensive Care Unit of University College Hospital in London, England. (File) - Sputnik International
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Alexander Litvinenko fled from Russia to the United Kingdom in 2000. He died in 2006, three weeks after drinking tea with his former colleagues Dmitry Kovtun and Andrei Lugovoy in central London.

Following his death, the UK authorities claimed that Litvinenko's former colleagues had poisoned him with the radioactive isotope polonium-210. A public inquiry into Litvinenko's death was formally established by the UK government in July 2014.

Earlier, Lugovoy said that he had passed a polygraph test conducted by British experts, that proved he was not guilty of murdering Litvinenko.

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