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22/05/2007
Man faces charge over Litvinenko murder
A Russian man is facing being charged with the murder of former KGB officer Alexander Litvinenko.
The Crown Prosecution Service has announced that it has enough evidence to charge Andrey Lugovoy with the murder of Mr Litvinenko and will now seek to have him extradited from Russia so that he can be charged with murder in the UK.
Mr Litvinenko died last November in London after being poisoned with a fatal dose of the radioactive substance polonium 210.
A critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin's regime, Mr Litvinenko was granted political asylum in the UK in 2000.
He fell ill on November 1 and died in University College Hospital in London on November 23.
Suspicion has surrounded Mr Lugovoy and another Russian - Dmitri Kovtun - who met with Mr Litvinenko at the Millennium Hotel in Mayfair on the day he fell ill.
Both men have denied any involvement in the death of Mr Litvinenko.
Speaking on Tuesday to the Russian-owned Itar-Tass news agency, Mr Lugovoy said that the charges against him were "politically motivated" and insisted that he had nothing to do with Mr Litvinenko's death.
The Russian state prosecutor has also said that Mr Lugovoy would not be extradited.
(KMcA/SP)
The Crown Prosecution Service has announced that it has enough evidence to charge Andrey Lugovoy with the murder of Mr Litvinenko and will now seek to have him extradited from Russia so that he can be charged with murder in the UK.
Mr Litvinenko died last November in London after being poisoned with a fatal dose of the radioactive substance polonium 210.
A critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin's regime, Mr Litvinenko was granted political asylum in the UK in 2000.
He fell ill on November 1 and died in University College Hospital in London on November 23.
Suspicion has surrounded Mr Lugovoy and another Russian - Dmitri Kovtun - who met with Mr Litvinenko at the Millennium Hotel in Mayfair on the day he fell ill.
Both men have denied any involvement in the death of Mr Litvinenko.
Speaking on Tuesday to the Russian-owned Itar-Tass news agency, Mr Lugovoy said that the charges against him were "politically motivated" and insisted that he had nothing to do with Mr Litvinenko's death.
The Russian state prosecutor has also said that Mr Lugovoy would not be extradited.
(KMcA/SP)
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More locations tested in Litvinenko investigation
Police investigating the death of former KGB agent Litvinenko are examining two new locations in London's West End. The search for traces of polonium 210 - a radioactive substance found in the body of Mr Litvinenko - has now been extended to cover the Sheraton Park Lane Hotel and a second office building in Grosvenor Street.
More locations tested in Litvinenko investigation
Police investigating the death of former KGB agent Litvinenko are examining two new locations in London's West End. The search for traces of polonium 210 - a radioactive substance found in the body of Mr Litvinenko - has now been extended to cover the Sheraton Park Lane Hotel and a second office building in Grosvenor Street.
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