Litvinenko inquiry 'nearing end'
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The UK envoy in Russia says the probe into the poisoning of ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko should end within weeks.
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday the Litvinenko affair was damaging ties with Britain, and British detectives headed for Moscow as part of their investigation into the ex-KGB spy's death by poisoning.
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British detectives investigating the poisoning death of a former KGB agent have ended their work in Moscow, as a key witness in the case faced a second round of questioning Monday, Russian news agencies reported.
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A team of Russian investigators met British police in London to discuss the investigation into the murder of former secret agent Alexander Litvinenko, the Metropolitan Police said.
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Prosecutors said Friday they closed criminal investigations into Yulia Tymoshenko and her family shortly after she was named to become Ukraine's next prime minster.
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The Russian prosecutor general's office has said it had completed a joint inquiry with visiting British detectives into the poisoning death of former Russian agent Alexander Litvinenko.
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The widow of murdered Alexander Litvinenko says the Russian authorities could have been behind his death.
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Doctors are still assessing a contact of Alexander Litvinenko who tested positive for a radioactive substance.
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Russia will help British detectives in Moscow to investigate the poisoning death of ex-Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko, but it will not extradite any suspects to Britain, the chief prosecutor said on Tuesday.
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Russian prosecutors on Thursday formally opened a criminal investigation into the murder of ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko who died of radiation poisoning in London on November 23.
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Russia will help British detectives in  Moscow to investigate the poisoning death of ex-Russian spy  Alexander Litvinenko, but it will not extradite any suspects to  Britain, the chief prosecutor said on Tuesday.
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A U.N. inquiry into Iran's nuclear activity has entered its final phase with Tehran addressing U.S. intelligence about secret, past efforts to "weaponize" atomic material, a diplomat close to the process said on Tuesday.
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Russia will try the chief suspect in the murder of Alexander Litvinenko if Britain supplies sufficient evidence of his guilt, Interfax news agency quoted Russia's chief prosecutor as saying on Friday.
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British police met Russian justice officials in Moscow on Wednesday as part of their probe into the Litvinenko poisoning, but there was still no sign they had been able to contact star witness, ex-KGB agent Andrei Lugovoy.
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Russia has launched its own investigation into the Alexander Litvinenko affair.
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Text of the statement dictated by former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko before he died and released by his friends on Friday:
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The head of an organization of former  Russian spies was quoted as saying on Thursday Stalin-era  policies of Moscow assassinating enemies had ceased, and ex-KGB  agent Alexander Litvinenko was probably murdered by criminals.