Russia Presses UK For Role In Litvinenko Probe

The Financial Times report that Russian prosecutors are exerting pressure on UK authorities to allow their own investigators to fly to London to probe the poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko, in a move that threatens to raise political and diplomatic tensions over the case.
Russian authorities have requested access to individuals they want to question in London, including Boris Berezovsky and Akhmed Zakayev, who have declared themselves associates and friends of Litvinenko. Read more...