Russian Official Says Poisoning Case Won't Hurt Ties With Britain
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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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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 minister criticizes Russia's Vladimir Putin as police probe ex-spy's poisoning death LONDON, Nov.Comment
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Foreign Secretary David Miliband secretary pledged in an interview published Monday that the country would deal with Russia&#39;s refusal to extradite the man suspected of having killed Alexander Litvinenko, a former Russian spy and Kremlin critic, with &quot;seriousness&quot;.
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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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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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Russia's foreign minister on Friday accused Britain of politicizing the investigation into the poisoning death of a former KGB agent, warning it would strain relations between the two countries.
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British police, in Moscow as part of an investigation into the Litvinenko poisoning, questioned on Wednesday a Russian who met the ex-spy the day he fell ill.
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Russia has sent Britain a letter  officially turning down a request to extradite the main suspect  in the murder of Russian emigre Alexander Litvinenko, Interfax  news agency said on Thursday.
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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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LONDON, Nov. 26 -- A British cabinet minister on Sunday accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of "huge attacks on individual liberty and on democracy" as British officials investigated the mysterious poisoning death of a former Russian spy.
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The top prosecutor said Tuesday that Moscow will not extradite possible Russian suspects to Britain in the poisoning of the former KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko and warned that British detectives would not be allowed to carry out interrogations in Russia.
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Russia's chief prosecutor ruled out on Tuesday any extraditions to Britain over the poisoning in London of Russian ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko but said he would help British police in their inquiries in Moscow.
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The UK envoy in Russia says the probe into the poisoning of ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko should end within weeks.
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British police investigating the poisoning of a former KGB agent formally requested assistance from their counterparts in Russia, whose foreign minister warned Monday that continued suggestions of Kremlin involvement in the death could damage diplomatic relations.
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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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The Russian prosecutor-general rules out extraditing a former KGB officer to the UK over the murder of Alexander Litvinenko.