Russia FSB probes claims Litvinenko was British spy
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Russia's Federal Security Service opened a criminal espionage investigation on Friday into accusations that murdered ex-KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko and a self-exiled Russian tycoon in London were both British spies.
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President Vladimir Putin's likely successor suggested in an interview published Monday that the British Council and foreign NGOs spy on Russia, echoing accusations that have strained ties between Moscow and the West Â in particular Britain.
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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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British detectives probing the murder of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko have wound up their investigation in Moscow and are due to leave for home on Tuesday, a British police source said on Monday.
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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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LONDON -- British authorities announced yesterday that they are officially treating the fatal poisoning of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko as murder and have found traces of a radioactive substance at the British Embassy in Moscow.
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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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Russian authorities charge a man with spying for Britain - the latest step in an espionage row between the two countries.
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British police question a Russian dissident over his meeting with murdered ex-Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko.
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British police have prepared to head to Moscow as part of a widening probe into the death of ex-Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko, as diplomatic strains caused by the affair began to show.
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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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British detectives flew to Moscow as part of a widening probe into the radioactive poisoning of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko, as diplomatic strains over the affair began to show.
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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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Ex-Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko was murdered over a damaging file he compiled for a British firm about a potential Russian business partner, the BBC said, citing a Litvinenko associate.
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Russian and British investigators  questioned another Russian witness on Friday as part of a  murder probe into the poisoning of ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko,  Interfax news agency reported.
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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 investigators visiting Moscow to probe the death of Russian former intelligence agent Alexander Litvinenko are to meet key witness Andrei Lugovoi, Lugovoi said, as newspapers predicted the mystery would not be resolved quickly.