U.K. Files Charges in Radiation Murder Case

British officials today announced murder charges against a Russian citizen for the London death of Alexander Litvinenko, a former Russian KGB agent who died last year from radiation poisoning (see GSN, Jan. 12).

The Crown Prosecution Service said it would ask Moscow to extradite Andrei Lugovoi who met with Litvinenko shortly before his death.

“It is alleged that in London on or about Nov. 1, 2006, Mr. Lugovoi poisoned Mr. Litvinenko by administering a lethal dose of polonium 210, a radioactive material,” says a CPS release (CPS release/Financial Times, May 22).

Russian prosecutors said they would not extradite Lugovoi, who is an ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, the Times reported (Burns/Belton, Financial Times, May 22).

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