The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | yesterday
... 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.
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...
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,...
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,...
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...
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.
Russia News Net (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008
Andrei Lugovoi at a news conference in Moscow, Russia. Photograph: Sergei Chirikov/EPA The Russian government supported the murder of the former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko, it was reported las...
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...
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.
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008
Andrei Lugovoi, the Metropolitan police's chief suspect for the murder of Alexander Litvinenko, at a news conference in Moscow. Photograph: Sergei Chirikov/EPAThe Russian government supported the murder of the former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko, it was reported last night.A senior security official told BBC's Newsnight there were "very strong indications it was a state action" and that...
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...
France24 (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008
... thought to have been ingested through a cup of tea.Britain wants to charge Russian lawmaker Andrei Lugovoi, another former spy, over the death but Russia will not extradite him, one of the key issues contributing to cool relations between the two nations."We very strongly believe the Litvinenko case to have had some state involvement," the unnamed senior security official was quoted as saying.The...
Belfast Telegraph (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008
... in a London hospital in November 2006. British detectives named the former KGB agent Andrei Lugovoi as the prime suspect but he denied any involvement and Russia has refused to extradite him to face trial. Gordon Brown has raised the subject of Mr Lugovoi's extradition with the new Russian President, Dmitry Medvedev, at the G8 summit in Japan. However, an hour-long discussion failed...
Mail & Guardian (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008
In a meeting that lasted just over an hour, Brown received little sign that Moscow was prepared to give ground on three key issues: visas for BP staff working on a joint venture; the closure of British Council offices; and Russia's refusal to extradite Andrei Lugovoi for the alleged poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko in London in November 2006.A Downing Street spokesperson described the meeting...
Russia News Net (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008
... London and Moscow have deteriorated since the dispute over Russian businessman and MP Andrei Lugovoi, whom the British police suspect of involvement in the killing of defector Alexander Litvinenko.The two countries engaged in tit-for-tat expulsions of diplomats after Russia refused to extradite Lugovoi citing its constitution. The Russian authorities have also closed two British Council...
