UK police treating Litvinenko poisoning as murder
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British police said on Wednesday they were now treating the death of poisoned former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko as murder, raising the stakes in an investigation that has extended from London to Moscow.
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British officials sought on Saturday to allay public health fears following the killing by radiation poisoning of a former Russian spy who blamed his mysterious death on President Vladimir Putin.
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LONDON, Dec. 4 -- A team of British police investigators arrived in Moscow on Monday to begin questioning people about the poisoning death of Alexander Litvinenko, a former Russian spy who had recently become a British citizen, in a case that is straining relations between the two governments.
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British police also said they were treating Alexander V. LitvinenkoÂs death as a case of murder.
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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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Russia should carry out its own investigation into the poisoning death in London of former intelligence agent Alexander Litvinenko, the deputy justice minister was quoted by a newspaper here as saying.
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British police sent a file to prosecutors on the investigation into the death of ex-Russian security agent Alexander Litvinenko, police said Wednesday.
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British police investigating the poisoning of a former KGB agent formally requested assistance from their counterparts in Russia, whose foreign minister warned Monday that continued suggestions of Kremlin involvement in the death could damage diplomatic relations.
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International police agency Interpol is helping coordinate the investigation into the poisoning of Russian former spy Alexander Litvinenko that now involves forces in Germany, Russia and Britain.
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Former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko, poisoned in London three weeks ago, died on Thursday, the hospital treating him said.
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Alexander Litvinenko, the former Russian agent murdered in London last year, was working for British intelligence at the time, the man charged by Britain with his murder alleged on Thursday.
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International police force Interpol is  helping coordinate the investigation into the poisoning of  Russian former spy Alexander Litvinenko that now involves  forces in Germany, Russia and Britain.
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British detectives investigating the murder of ex-KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko are said to be preparing to leave Moscow.
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British police investigating the poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko will go to Moscow to speak to witnesses who met the former Russian spy in London shortly before his death, a police source said.
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British police said on Wednesday they  were now treating the death of poisoned former Russian spy  Alexander Litvinenko as murder, raising the stakes in an  investigation that has extended from London to Moscow.
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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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Ex-Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko, who was apparently poisoned in London, has died.