From: Adam <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the field.near
the bridge">

Rich Gauszka wrote:
> With no extradition treaty - most likely no trial
>

Indeed & any attempt may invite a counter proposal in the shape of UK
business men jailed on "spying" charges.....& then a deal....

Adam

> http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23393407-details/Poison%3A+KGB+men
+to+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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