Russia no longer murders spies, says KGB veteran
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The head of an organization of former  Russian spies was quoted as saying on Thursday Moscow abandoned  its policy of assassinating enemies long ago, and that  Alexander Litvinenko was probably murdered by criminals.
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President Vladimir Putin, accused by former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko of ordering his murder, said the ex-agent knew no official secrets and had no reason to flee Russia.
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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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Ex-Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko, who was apparently poisoned in London, has died.
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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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Russia's spy chief said Wednesday that his service has thwarted the work of nearly 100 foreign agents in the past year, and that the ex-Soviet Baltic nations have increased their espionage activity, Russian news agencies reported Wednesday.
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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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A rare radioactive substance killed an ex-KGB spy turned Kremlin critic, the British government said Friday. In a dramatic statement written before he died, the man called Russian President Vladimir Putin "barbaric and ruthless" and blamed him personally for the poisoning.
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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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Experts investigating the death of Russian ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko say there is no radiation risk to those who had contact with the deceased.
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Former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko, who had been fighting for his life in recent days after an apparent poisoning, has died, the hospital where he was being treated said.
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There has been a "major deterioration" in the condition of ex-Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko, doctors say.
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Russian spying in Britain is back to Cold War levels, the Independent newspaper in London reported, quoting government and security sources.
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MOSCOW: On the day British police investigating the poisoning of a former Russian spy began forensic work in Moscow, Russia's prosecutor general laid down strict ground rules and said no Russians could be ...Comment
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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.
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Ex-KGB spy Alexander Litvinenko accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of his murder on Friday in a statement read out the morning after he died of an unknown poison in a London hospital.
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One of the key witnesses in the radiation poisoning death of former Russian agent Alexander Litvinenko has told a Russian news agency that he has left Russia to go skiing in Europe.