The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
The prime suspect in the 2006 murder of Alexander Litvinenko has said he may be ready to face questioning in the UK "under certain conditions" and demanded a fresh investigation into the killing.
Sofia News Agency (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
German investigators have dropped their case against Dmitri Kovtun, the Russian national suspected of involvement in the 2006 poisoning of dissident Alexander Litvinenko. Litvinenko died after being poisoned with the radioactive substance polonium-210. His death occurred after he had taken tea in London with two Russians, Kovtun and the chief suspect Andrei Lugovoi. ...
David Lindsay (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Adrian Pabst writes: Reset or repair? David Miliband's much-anticipated visit to Moscow, the first of a British foreign secretary in over five years, has not produced a major breakthrough in bilateral relations between the UK and Russia. But there is a now a unique chance to do more than just mending fences. Britain has the opportunity to press the "reset" button and gradually turn enhanced...
The Economist (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
More of an update than a reset EVER since the new American administration popularised the phrase, it has been fashionable to talk of a “reset” with Russia. Few relationships have needed resetting more than the one between Russia and Britain. It has been all but frozen since Russia refused to hand over Andrei Lugovoi, an ex-KGB officer suspected of murdering his former colleague (and British...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Miliband has a chance to better bilateral relations, which will have long-term benefits for the UK and for Europe Reset or repair? David Miliband's much-anticipated visit to Moscow, the first of a British foreign secretary in over five years, has not produced a major breakthrough in bilateral relations between the UK and Russia. But there is a now a unique chance to do more than just mending fences....
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
There is a substantial paradox in the relationship between Russia and Britain. Trade between the two nations has tripled in the last six years and Britain remains the fourth biggest foreign investor in Russia. There are also about 250,000 Russians living in the south-east of England. But among that select group of people whose job is to get on with each other – British and Russian diplomats...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Kremlin says no to sending alleged killer of Russian agent Alexander Litvinenko back to Britain for trial Russia has snubbed the latest British request for the extradition of Andrei Lugovoi, the man accused of murdering the Russian agent Alexander Litvinenko, making clear there is no prospect of handing him over for trial in the UK. The foreign secretary, David Miliband, restated Britain's demand...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Moscow rules out extradition during British foreign secretary's 'fence-mending' trip Russia snubbed the latest British request for the extradition of Andrei Lugovoi, the prime suspect in the murder of the former Russian agent Alexander Litvinenko in London three years ago. Russia made clear that there is no prospect of Lugovoi being handed over for trial. During talks this morning in Moscow, the foreign...
The Observer (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
Kremlin hints at better relations with Britain, for the first time since the murder of Alexander Litvinenko The foreign secretary, David Miliband, arrived in Russia today amid strong indications that the Kremlin was willing to improve relations with the UK for the first time since the murder of the former Russian agent Alexander Litvinenko. Writing in tomorrow's Guardian, Russia's ambassador, Yuri...
aidan maconachy blog (Free subscription) | 07/09/2009
Yekaterinburg, Russia James Hudson, Britain's deputy consul in Yekaterinburg has resigned after a video appeared on www.informacia.ru showing him having sex with two prostitutes. The video titled Adventures of Mr Hudson in Russia has a professional look suggesting Russian security services might be behind it. The individual who appears on the video is the spitting image of the diplomat, so there isn't...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 07/09/2009
A British diplomat in Russia has resigned after allegedly being filmed having sex with two prostitutes, in a classic sting operation apparently masterminded by the country's security services. James Hudson quit as deputy consul general in Yekaterinburg after the video – entitled Adventures of Mr Hudson in Russia – mysteriously surfaced on a local website (www.informacia.ru). The film,...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 06/17/2009
• Chichvarkin is wanted on charges of kidnapping and blackmail • Case could further strain UK-Russian relations Russia formally demanded today that Britain hand over a telecoms tycoon who vanished from his Moscow dacha six months ago and turned up last week at the ballet in Covent Garden, London. The general prosecutor sent a formal extradition request for the return of Yevgeny Chichvarkin,...
FP Passport (Free subscription) | 03/26/2009
Last week, I blogged that Andrei Lugovoi, prime suspect in the Alexander Litvinenko murder, is running for mayor of Sochi, the Black Sea resort town that will host the 2014 Winter Olympics. But Lugovoi's only one of the 25 fascinating characters (including some Passport favorites) running in what's shaping up to be one of the world's more interesting political contests. Liberal opposition leader and...
Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 03/25/2009
ANDREI Lugovoi, suspected of poisoning Alexander Litvinenko, will not be chosen by a Russian political party to run for major in the city of Sochi, according to reports.
BBC News (Free subscription) | 03/24/2009
Litvinenko murder suspect Andrei Lugovoi withdraws his bid to run for mayor of the Russian city of Sochi.
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