Britain asks Russia to extradite Litvinenko suspect
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Britain on Monday made an official request to Russia to extradite the man suspected of killing ex-KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko with radioactive polonium-210, deepening a rift between the former Cold War foes.
British prosecutors said last week they wanted to bring Russian businessman Andrei Lugovoy before a British court to try him for the murder of Litvinenko, who died on November 23 after being poisoned with the rare radioactive isotope.
“I this morning delivered the extradition papers to the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the extradition of Mr. Lugovoy,” British Ambassador Anthony Brenton told reporters.
“We look for an early and positive response from the Russian authorities to the extradition request.”
Asked if they had received the documents, an official with the Russian prosecutor general’s office said: “We confirm this.”
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Source: www.reuters.com
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