Russian Official Says Poisoning Case Won't Hurt Ties With Britain
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MOSCOW, May 23 -- A senior Russian government minister Wednesday blithely dismissed any possibility of a deterioration in relations with London because of Britain's demand that a former KGB agent be extradited to stand trial for the murder of Alexander Litvinenko, the exiled Kremlin critic who was...
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Tensions between Britain and Russia have been aggravated by the poisoning death of a former Russian spy in London &#151; an issue that could strain sensitive negotiations on issues as diverse as energy, NATO expansion, and the nuclear ambitions of Iran and North Korea.
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British minister criticizes Russia's Vladimir Putin as police probe ex-spy's poisoning death LONDON, Nov.Comment
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The top prosecutor said Tuesday that Moscow will not extradite possible Russian suspects to Britain in the poisoning of the former KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko and warned that British detectives would not be allowed to carry out interrogations in Russia.
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Russia's chief prosecutor ruled out on Tuesday any extraditions to Britain over the poisoning in London of Russian ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko but said he would help British police in their inquiries in Moscow.
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LONDON, Nov. 28 -- Prime Minister Tony Blair said Tuesday that "there is no diplomatic or political barrier in the way" of investigating the mysterious fatal poisoning of a former Russian spy in London and that he planned to speak with Russian President Vladimir Putin about the matter "at any time...
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Poisoned Russian exile Alexander Litvinenko was no spy for Britain, and such claims are no more than an attempt by the man accused of his murder to shield himself from justice, Litvinenko's widow said in an interview.
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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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Russia's top prosecutor said Friday that Russia could prosecute the chief suspect in the fatal poisoning of a former KGB agent if Britain presents enough evidence, but his counterpart in London demanded that the suspect face trial in a British court.
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Russian prosecutors have officially refused Britain's request to hand over the suspect in the fatal poisoning of former KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko.
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Britain said on Wednesday that traces of radiation had been found in its embassy in Moscow but there was no threat to public health and diplomats were working as normal.
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Russia says relations with the UK have not been damaged by the Alexander Litvinenko case.
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No Russians will be extradited to Britain in the case of the poisoning of a former spy, RussiaÂs prosecutor general said.
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Andrei Lugovoi -- the man British authorities accuse of poisoning a former Russian spy in London last year -- told reporters today he wasn't behind the ex-KGB agent's murder, but speculated the British government may have been.
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The chief prosecutor said Tuesday Russia would not allow the extradition of possible suspects in the poisoning of a former KGB agent in Britain and he dismissed as "nonsense" allegations by another ex-security officer of a death squad for Kremlin critics.
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov  said on Monday the Litvinenko affair was damaging ties with  Britain, which sent detectives to Moscow as part of the  investigation into the ex-KGB spy's death by poisoning.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair promised on Tuesday that "no diplomatic or political barrier" would be allowed to hamper an investigation into the death of a former Russian spy killed by radiation poisoning.