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The Strata-Sphere (Free subscription) | 08/08/2008
... (Po-210) Tea Pot and Cup: Mr Litvinenko died after drinking from a cup of green tea while with Mr Lugovoi and two other Russians at the Pine Bar of the Millennium Hotel in central London. The teapot was so irradiated that the bar and several employees suffered from contamination, including a pianist who drank from the teacup after it had gone through a dishwasher. … The source continued:...
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Global Security (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
... a major diplomatic fallout between Russia and Britain over Moscow's refusal to extradite Andrei Lugovoi, London's main suspect in the case, citing the Constitution. Lugovoi, a former KGB operative who owns a multi-million dollar private security firm, was elected to Russia's parliament in December last year, as a member of the ultra-nationalist Liberal Democratic Party. His status...
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
... British detectives suspect Kovtun's business partner, another ex- secret service agent Andrey Lugovoi, but Moscow has refused London's requests for his extradition and in December Lugovoi was elected a member of parliament, granting him immunity.
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American Spectator (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
... All this because the British insist on seeking to extradite another former KGB stalwart, Andrei Lugovoi, for his suspected role in killing his former friend, Litvinenko.It's amazing that Lugovoi, if he is that important, actually has been allowed to remain a public matter with the Russians. The usual method has been to ignore another nation's claims of malfeasance by a Russian security...
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Global Security (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
... Kremlin critic, Alexander Litvinenko, in London in 2006. Moscow has refused to extradite Andrei Lugovoi, London's main suspect in the case, citing its Constitution. Unnamed British security service sources recently claimed that the Russian authorities were involved in Litvinenko's death. The Litvinenko row also led to the tit-for-tat expulsion of diplomats last year, with then-Russian president,...
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Global Security (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
... Kremlin critic, Alexander Litvinenko, in London in 2006. Moscow has refused to extradite Andrei Lugovoi, London's main suspect in the case, citing its Constitution. Unnamed British security service sources recently claimed that the Russian authorities were involved in Litvinenko's death. The Litvinenko row also led to the tit-for-tat expulsion of diplomats last year, with then-Russian president,...
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Russia News Net (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
... and Kremlin critic, Alexander Litvinenko, in London in 2006.Moscow has refused to extradite Andrei Lugovoi, London's main suspect in the case, citing laws that forbid handing over of Russian citizens to foreign government. Unnamed British security service sources recently claimed that the Russian authorities were involved in Litvinenko's death.The Litvinenko row also led to the tit-for-tat...
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Russia News Net (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
... radiation poisoning in a London hospital in November, 2006. Russia has refused to hand over Andrei Lugovoi, the ex-agent and prominent businessman London believes was behind the murder. The new developments follow a reportedly frosty first meeting between Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown at the recent Group of Eight (G8) summit in Japan.
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
... radiation poisoning in a London hospital in November, 2006. Russia has refused to hand over Andrei Lugovoi, the ex-agent and prominent businessman London believes was behind the murder. The new developments follow a reportedly frosty first meeting between Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown at the recent Group of Eight (G8) summit in Japan.
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The Intelligence Daily (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
The development is the latest in a long-lasting row between Moscow and London. Relations between the two countries have plunged to a post Cold War low since the murder of Russian security service defector and Kremlin critic, Alexander Litvinenko, in London in 2006. Moscow has refused to extradite Andrei Lugovoi, London's main suspect in the case, citing its Constitution. Unnamed British security...
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Financial Time (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
... Medvedev, the Russian president, that the UK would continue to seek the extradition of Alexander Lugovoi over the killing."I made it clear to [Mr Medvedev] that the Litvinenko issue would not be closed," the prime minister said following his first face-to-face meeting with the Russian leader, at the G8 summit this week. "We have justice to do on the part of someone who was murdered on British...
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Financial Time (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008
But even an ultra-accommodating Russian leader would have found it hard to do a deal over the poisoning. London, rightly, sees it as a matter of principle that Moscow must extradite Andrei Lugovoi, the main suspect. Russia insists it will not. One day, there might be a compromise, such as a third country trial. But that time is far off. Mr Medvedev’s support for the rule of law does not seem...
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Russia News Net (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008
... on the matter to date. British investigators have long said they suspect former KGB agent Andrei Lugovoi of the murder and have sought his extradition -- a request that Moscow has steadfastly refused, causing Russian-British relations to deteriorate to a post-Cold War low.Edward Lucas, deputy foreign editor of "The Economist" and author of the book "The New Cold War: How the Kremlin Menaces...
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Global Security (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008
... after suddenly falling ill. British investigators accused Russian agent-turned-businessman Andrei Lugovoi over the murder, and demanded his extradition, sparking a major diplomatic row with Moscow. Russian presidential aide Sergei Prikhodko said the timing of the British report was no coincidence, and was aimed at scuppering efforts to mend ties between the countries, the main theme of the...
