The Russian president, Vladimir Putin, has expressed his anger at Britain’s failure to gag Alexander Litvinenko in the final hours of his life, the cabinet has been told... Beckett, who spoke to her Russian counterpart before Thursday’s cabinet meeting, said the Russians had “seemingly failed to understand” that Litvinenko was under police supervision rather than in custody.

По идее, настаивая на абсолютной незаинтересованности в судьбе вышедшего из обращения агента, не стоило бы раздражаться по поводу неспособности британских властей заткнуть ему рот.