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Inquest into Litvinenko death in London delayed

March 14, 2013 14:15
The inquest into the death by radioactive poisoning of Russian dissident Alexander Litvinenko will be delayed by another five months until October, the coroner said on Thursday. A pre-inquest hearing was told that all the material needed to assess the former spy's agonising death in London in November 2006 would not be ready for a planned May start. "I have come, with great reluctance, to the conclusion that I can no longer adhere to May 1 as the starting date," said Robert Owen, the High Court judge leading the investigation.

Litvinenko murder suspect 'pulls out' of British inquest

March 12, 2013 11:47
The chief suspect in the polonium poisoning of Russian dissident and ex-security agent Alexander Litvinenko said Tuesday he would take no further part in the British inquest into the death, blaming London's decision to keep some sensitive material secret. Russian lawmaker Andrei Lugovoi said that his legal representatives would no longer take part in the inquest or present evidence, claiming that he had lost faith in the British justice system.

Russian suspect rejects British inquiry into polonium death

March 12, 2013 08:15
MOSCOW, March 12 (Reuters) - A Russian suspect in the death of Kremlin critic Alexander Litvinenko said on Tuesday he would no longer cooperate with a British inquiry into the former KGB agent's radiation poisoning in London. Andrei Lugovoy, a former security agent who is now a member of Russia's parliament, told a news conference in Moscow that Britain was trying to hide the truth about Litvinenko's death in November 2006 by keeping evidence secret.

Litvinenko murder suspect 'pulls out' of British inquest

March 12, 2013 07:45
The chief suspect in the polonium poisoning of Russian dissident and ex-security agent Alexander Litvinenko said Tuesday he would take no part in the British inquest into the death, blaming London's decision to keep some sensitive material a secret. Russian lawmaker Andrei Lugovoi said that his legal representatives would no longer take part in the inquest or present evidence, claiming that he had lost faith in the British justice system.

Coroner to examine UK bid to keep Litvinenko details secret

February 27, 2013 07:45
LONDON, Feb 27 (Reuters) - A British coroner said on Wednesday he would consider in secret sensitive information which the British government does not want made public about the death of former KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko, who was murdered in London in 2006. Litvinenko, who had been granted British citizenship and had become a vocal critic of Russian leader Vladimir Putin, died after someone slipped polonium-210, a rare radioactive isotope, into his cup of tea at a plush London hotel.

Britain seeks to withhold info from Litvinenko inquest

February 26, 2013 11:31
Britain is seeking to withhold information about Russian dissident Alexander Litvinenko at the forthcoming inquest into his death to avoid damage to trade deals with Moscow, a court was told on Tuesday. A pre-inquest hearing at the Royal Courts of Justice heard that Foreign Secretary William Hague had signed a public interest immunity (PII) certificate to prevent evidence relating to the case being placed in the public domain. This was because disclosure risked "serious harm to the public interest", Hague wrote in the document which has been made public.
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