British extradition demand for Litvinenko murder suspect &#39;foolish&#39;: Putin
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British prosecutors&#39; demand for extradition of Andrei Lugovoi, chief suspect in the murder of Russian ex-agent Alexander Litvinenko, is &quot;foolishness,&quot; Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an interview with newspapers from the Group of Eight industrialised nations.
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Russia officially refuses a UK extradition request for Andrei Lugovoi, prime suspect in the Litvinenko murder case.
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Ex-KGB spy Alexander Litvinenko accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of his murder from beyond the grave on Friday, in a statement read out the morning after he died of an unknown poison in a London ...Comment
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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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"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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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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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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No Russians will be extradited to Britain in the case of the poisoning of a former spy, RussiaÂs prosecutor general said.
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Claims that the Kremlin backed the Litvinenko murder are "preposterous", Russia's UK ambassador says.
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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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MOSCOW, July 23 -- A British legal request for the extradition of murder suspect Andrei Lugovoy was based on a flawed, politicized investigation, a senior Russian prosecutor said Monday.
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Britain&#39;s ambassador on Monday submitted  an official request to Russia for the extradition of the man  suspected of murdering Alexander Litvinenko.
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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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The widow of murdered former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko has written to Russian President Vladimir Putin demanding he help the inquiry into his radiation poisoning death in London.
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Russian prosecutors have officially refused Britain's request to extradite a businessman accused in last year's fatal poisoning of former KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko, a Russian news agency reported Thursday.
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The British ambassador on Monday handed Russian authorities a formal request for the extradition of a businessman accused as a suspect in the poisoning death of a former KGB agent turned Kremlin critic, an embassy spokesperson said.
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Russia has formally refused to extradite ex-KGB agent Andrei Lugovoi, wanted by London over the murder of former agent Alexander Litvinenko, British prosecutors said Tuesday.