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from: Rich Gauszka
date: 2007-04-22 08:49:32
subject: KGB men to face Litvinenko murder charges

From: "Rich Gauszka" 

With no extradition treaty - most likely no trial

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23393407-details/Poison%3A+KGB+men+t
o+face+Litvinenko+murder+charges/article.do

Scotland Yard detectives are to issue arrest warrants against three former
KGB officers suspected of poisoning ex-Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko.

Police have told sources close to Mr Litvinenko's widow Marina that they
intend to lay charges of murder and poisoning against the men, who met the
victim three weeks before his death in London.

The move will damage the already strained relationship between Downing
Street and the Kremlin, which is almost certain to block any request for
the men's arrest and extradition.

Warrants are expected to be issued against Andrei Lugovoy, Dmitri Kovtun
and Vyacheslav Sokolenko within the next few weeks.

...

Britain has no extradition treaty with Russia, meaning that any trial would
most probably have to be held in Moscow with the co-operation of the
authorities there.

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