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The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) Thursday ruled against Russia in the case of a former KGB agent who was detained under conditions that the court said "amounted to degrading treatment" . The ex-agent,...

The UK Prime Minister's Office on Wednesday formally rejected any possible proposal to try Andrei Lugovoy for the poisoning-murder of former KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko in a foreign court or...

The UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office announced the expulsion of four Russian diplomats and the immediate suspension of visa facilitation negotiations with Russia Monday, blaming "Russia's failure to cooperate to find a solution" in the...

The UK Foreign Office said Tuesday that Russia's refusal to extradite the primary suspect in the murder of British citizen and former Russian intelligence officer Alexander Litvinenko was "unacceptable." Prime Minister Gordon Brown...

Russian officials with the Office of the Prosecutor-General have formally denied a British extradition request for Andrei Lugovoy on the grounds that the Russian constitution forbids the extradition of its...

The Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB) has charged Russian billionaire Boris Berezovsky on suspicion of plotting a violent coup against President Vladimir Putin, Berezovsky's lawyer said Monday. The charge...

The Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB) Friday announced it is investigating allegations made by Russian businessman Andrei Lugovoy that the deceased former KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko [BBC profile; BBC...

Russia's Office of the Prosecutor-General Wednesday dismissed suggestions by a Russian lawmaker that Andrei Lugovoy , currently sought by Britain's Crown Prosecution Service (CRS) for the poisoning murder of former KGB...

British authorities submitted a formal extradition request to Russia on Monday, seeking Andrei Lugovoy in the poisoning-murder of former KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko . Last week, UK Attorney General Lord Goldsmith rejected a Russian offer to...

UK Attorney General Lord Goldsmith Friday rejected a Russian offer to try the suspected murderer of former KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko in its own courts, calling for Andrei Lugovoy's extradition...