article_snippet: Andrey Lugovoy, 48, was given a medal for 'services to the motherland' as the UK holds a public inquiry into the 2006 killing of Mr Litvinenko.
article_snippet: Putin had blocked the extradition of Lugovoy, a former secret-service operative who is now an MP with the ultra-nationalist Liberal Democratic Party.
article_snippet: Lugovoy holds the post of deputy chairman of the Russian parliament's security and anti-corruption committee.
article_snippet: Lugovoy is chief suspect in the murder of former secret agent Mr Litvinenko, who from Lugovoy death bed accused Putin of ordering Lugovoy killing.
article_snippet: Andrey Lugovoy (pictured), 48, was given a medal for 'services to the motherland' as the UK holds a public inquiry into his killing .
highlights_snippet: Putin gave Andrey Lugovoy a medal for Putin 'services to Andrey Lugovoy is believed to have poisoned dissident with polonium in London .