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Britain to charge Russian for Litvinenko death
2007-05-23
LONDON - Britain wants to extradite a former KGB agent from Russia and charge him with murdering exiled Russian dissident Alexander Litvinenko using radioactive polonium, prosecutors said on Tuesday.

The move triggered instant diplomatic repercussions, as Britain summoned the Russian ambassador and told him it expected full cooperation over the case. “Russia should comply with our legal request,” Prime Minister Tony Blair’s official spokesman said.
"Pretty please?"
He stressed that while Britain had important political and economic ties with Russia: “This doesn’t in any way obviate the need for the international rule of law to be respected and we will not in any way shy away from trying to ensure that happens in a case such as this.”

A source at the Russian prosecutor-general’s office told RIA Novosti news agency: “Under the constitution of the Russian Federation, Russian citizens cannot be handed over to foreign countries for prosecution and Lugovoy appears to be a Russian citizen.”

The murkiest case of murder and espionage since the Cold War has already strained relations between the two countries, and the extradition move looked set to aggravate tensions further. “I have today concluded that the evidence sent to us by the police is sufficient to charge Andrei Lugovoy with the murder of Alexander Litvinenko by deliberate poisoning,” said Ken Macdonald, head of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS).
Posted by:Steve White

#1  That and 50 pense could buy you a cup of coffee tea. Another example of the Brits wasting time and money chasing smoke through streets of trying to stay relevant. My advice, teach MI-5 the polonium 'method' for use in Russia, and shake...don't stir!
Posted by: smn   2007-05-23 02:38  

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