Russia rejects British extradition request: Interfax
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Russia has sent Britain a letter officially turning down a request to extradite the main suspect in the murder of Russian emigre Alexander Litvinenko, Interfax news agency said on Thursday.
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The government on Thursday said it had not received a formal response from Russia to its extradition request for the chief suspect in the Alexander Litvinenko poisoning case, despite reports it had been refused.
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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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Britain is using the case of murdered  Kremlin critic Alexander Litvinenko in a political campaign  that is harming ties with Russia, Interfax news agency quoted  Russia&#39;s foreign minister as saying on Friday.
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Tension between Russia and Britain escalated Monday as both sides accused the other of refusing to cooperate in the investigation into the killing of Kremlin critic Alexander Litvinenko in London.
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Britain said on Tuesday that Russia's refusal to extradite Andrei Lugovoy, the main suspect in the murder of Russian emigre Alexander Litvinenko, was "unacceptable".
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RussiaÂs prosecutor general said no Russians would be extradited to Britain to stand trial.
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Russia summoned the British ambassador and imposed sanctions Monday after the British Council defied a government ban to close two offices, heightening diplomatic tensions between the two countries.
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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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Russia's Prosecutor General says any possible Russian suspects in the spy poisoning case would not be extradited to Britain.
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Britain has declared diplomatic war on  Russia by expelling four envoys from London and failing to  respect Moscow&#39;s constitutional ban on extradition, Russian  newspapers said on Tuesday.
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Russia has received an extradition request from Britain for an ex-KGB agent wanted in the murder of Alexander Litvinenko, Interfax quoted a spokesperson for the prosecutor general as saying Monday.
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Prime Minister Gordon Brown's new government ordered the expulsion of four Russian diplomats Monday over the Kremlin's refusal to extradite the key suspect in the fatal poisoning of a former KGB officer &#151; Britain's first use of the sanction in more than 10 years.
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Britain has declared diplomatic war on Russia by expelling four envoys from London and failing to respect Moscow's constitutional ban on extradition, Russian newspapers said on Tuesday.
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The extradition of a suspect in the poisoning murder of an ex-KGB agent in London is in Russia&#39;s &quot;national interest,&quot; Britain&#39;s ambassador to Russia said in an interview published on Sunday.
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British Prime Minister Gordon Brown criticized Russia on Friday for not extraditing the chief suspect in the London murder of former Russian security agent Alexander Litvinenko.
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Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov Thursday said Russia refused to regard the London murder of a former Russian spy as a political matter and was treating it like a criminal case.