Russia receives ex-spy extradition request from Britain: report
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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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Russia is expelling four British diplomats in retaliation for a similar move by Britain, news agencies reported Thursday, as the dispute between Moscow and London over the case of poisoned KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko escalated.
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Russia said on Friday it would consider trying the chief suspect in the murder of Alexander Litvinenko in its courts but Britain rejected the offer, saying the trial should take place on British soil.
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LONDON, July 16 -- Britain will expel four Russian diplomats in response to Moscow's refusal to hand over for trial the Russian businessman accused of murdering Kremlin critic Alexander Litvinenko in London last year, the British government announced Monday.
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A formal request is made to Moscow for the extradition of an ex-KGB agent accused of poisoning Alexander Litvinenko, the Foreign Office confirms.
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Russia's spy chief said Tuesday that the British foreign intelligence service tried to recruit a Russian citizen as an agent, an accusation likely to further sour relations strained by Britain charging a former Soviet-era spy in the murder of another ex-KGB officer.
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LONDON -- Prime Minister Gordon Brown's new government ordered the expulsion of four Russian diplomats yesterday over the Kremlin's refusal to extradite the key suspect in the fatal poisoning of a former KGB spy -- Britain's first use of the sanction in more than 10 years.
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Russian detectives could fly to London by the end of the week to conduct their own investigation into the murder of ex-Russian agent Alexander Litvinenko, the Interfax news agency reported on Monday.
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Russia on Monday cleared the way for British detectives probing the mystery poisoning of former KGB spy Alexander Litvinenko to visit Moscow, and promised to help their investigation.
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Relatives and contacts of murdered Russian ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko would agree to meet Russian detectives probing his death in Britain if their safety were guaranteed, a family friend said on Sunday.
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Britain said on Monday it was expelling four Russian diplomats over Moscow's refusal to extradite the main suspect in the murder of Alexander Litvinenko.
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Britain will expel four Russian diplomats over the Kremlin's refusal to extradite the key suspect in the murder of a former KGB agent fatally poisoned in London, the foreign secretary said Monday.
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Russian businessman Boris Berezovsky urged the man British authorities want to charge over the death of former spy Alexander Litvinenko to talk to police here, a report said Thursday.
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Britain said Monday it will expel four Russian diplomats over Moscow&#39;s refusal to extradite a key suspect in the murder of ex agent Alexander Litvinenko, raising the spectre of a Cold War-style standoff.
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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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MOSCOW -- Russia has refused Britain's request to extradite a businessman accused in last year's fatal poisoning of former KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko, prosecutors said yesterday.
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LONDON -- The European Union threw its weight behind Britain yesterday in a dispute with Russia over its refusal to extradite a man suspected of killing a former KGB agent in London last year.