Russia, U.K. spar over Litvinenko case
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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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Britain is considering expelling Russian diplomats from London over Russia&#39;s refusal to extradite a man suspected of killing Kremlin critic Alexander Litvinenko in London last year, British newspapers said on Thursday.
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Russia will try ex-KGB agent Andrei Lugovoi for the murder in London of fugitive Russian agent Alexander Litvinenko if Britain provides sufficient evidence of his guilt, news agencies quoted Prosecutor General Yury Chaika as saying Friday.
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Prime minister-in-waiting Gordon Brown should tone down Britain&#39;s approach in its diplomatic row with Russia over the poisoning of former spy Alexander Litvinenko, Russia&#39;s ambassador to London said in an interview published Wednesday.
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Russia dismissed speculation on Wednesday it could hand over the man suspected of murdering Kremlin critic Alexander Litvinenko in exchange for Britain extraditing a tycoon wanted in Moscow.
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The European Union Wednesday weighed into a flaring diplomatic dispute between Britain and Russia by criticising Moscow for failing to cooperate with a probe into the murder of a former agent in London.
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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 accusations against an ex-KGB officer in the murder of a fugitive Kremlin critic in London are nothing but a &quot;noisy propaganda show,&quot; Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Monday.
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Russia launches a spying case over statements made by the man accused by the UK of killing former KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko.
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Russia and Britain traded threats and recrimination on Tuesday as a diplomatic feud over the role of the British government's cultural arm worsened.
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"Under the constitution of the Russian Federation, Russian citizens cannot be handed over to foreign countries for prosecution and Lugovoy appears to be a Russian citizen."  By Mark Trevelyan and Peter GraffLONDON  - British prosecutors accused a former KGB agent on Tuesday of murdering dissident Alexander Litvinenko with radioactive polonium and sought his extradition, throwing London and Moscow on to a diplomatic collision course.The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said it wanted to bring suspect Andrei Lugovoy before a British court and charge him with the "extraordinarily grave crime" of murdering exiled Russian Litvinenko in London last November. Read more
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Britain was Wednesday waiting for a response from Russia, which has said it is planning a &quot;targeted and appropriate&quot; reply, in the ongoing diplomatic dispute between the two countries.
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The main suspect in the London murder of ex-agent Alexander Litvinenko said on Wednesday that Britain was trying to cover up for its poor detective work in the case by complaining about Moscow's refusal to extradite him.
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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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Claims that the Kremlin backed the Litvinenko murder are "preposterous", Russia's UK ambassador says.
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Russia expelled four British diplomats on Thursday in a row over a high-profile murder inquiry as President Vladimir Putin played down the spat with London as a &quot;mini-crisis&quot; that would be overcome.
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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's foreign minister as saying on Friday.