Litvinenko widow fights for justice

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Marina Litvinenko will take her case to the European Court of Human Rights in a bid to force the Russian authorities to take responsibility for his death.

She will be joined by family and friends outside London's University College Hospital where her husband died from polonium poisoning one year ago. Among them will be Mr Litvinenko's father Walter and his friends Alex Goldfarb and billionaire businessman Boris Berezovsky.

They will re-read Mr Litvinenko's deathbed statement that accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of involvement in the extraordinary murder plot.

The legal move, led by high-profile solicitor Louise Christian, will be seen as an attempt to wrestle the initiative from prime suspect Andrei Lugovoy. It will also attempt to make the Russian Government pay compensation to others exposed to the rare radioactive isotope polonium-210.

Several workers at the Mayfair hotel where Mr Litvinenko was poisoned tested positive for the substance and now live in fear that it may affect their long-term health.

The Kremlin sparked a diplomatic row by refusing to hand over former KGB agent Lugovoy after British prosecutors requested his extradition to face a murder charge.

Four Russian diplomats were expelled from the UK in July, a decision mirrored in Moscow, but political wrangling has not escalated further.

Lugovoy has loudly and repeatedly denounced the allegations against him in a series of grandstanding TV and radio interviews.

The businessman, who made his money in providing bodyguard services, is now a leading nationalist candidate in parliamentary elections due to take place next month.