Russia regrets no reply from UK in Litvinenko probe

    MOSCOW, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- Russia expressed regret on Wednesday over Britain's "long delay" in answering its request for legal assistance in the investigation into the murder of former Russian agent Alexander Litvinenko.

    "This long delay in meeting Russia's request arouses regret, especially given Moscow's readiness for professional interaction," Foreign Ministry spokesman Mikhail Kamynin was quoted by the Interfax news agency as saying.

Italian might be invovled in Russian spy's death arrested

Mario Scaramella, the Italian contact of the dead former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko, arrives at Regina Coeli jail in Rome, Dec. 24, 2006. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo) Photo Gallery >>>

    BEIJING, Dec. 25 (Xinhuanet) -- An Italian man, who might be involved in the case of poisoning Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko, was arrested when he flew home for Christmas in Naples, Italy, on Sunday.

UK detectives return from Moscow after Litvinenko case probe

    BEIJING, Dec. 21 (Xinhuanet) -- All nine British detectives who went to Moscow to probe the death of former Russian agent Alexander Litvinenko have returned to the UK, media reported Wednesday.

Traces of polonium found in Swedish tourist

    STOCKHOLM, Dec. 19 (Xinhua) -- A Swede who stayed at the same hotel as the poisoned Russian former spy, Alexander Litvinenko, has been found to have increased levels of polonium in his body, Swedish news agency TT reported on Tuesday.

Russia completes work with British police in Litvinenko case

    MOSCOW, Dec. 19 (Xinhua) -- The Russian Prosecutor General's Office said on Tuesday it had completed work to assist the investigation by British police into the poisoning death of former Russian agent Alexander Litvinenko.

Associate: ex-Russian spy murdered over dossier

    BEIJING, Dec. 18 (Xinhuanet) -- A former associate of Alexander Litvinenko said on Saturday that he believed the former Russian spy was murdered because he had compiled an eight-page dossier containing damaging details about a high-ranking Kremlin figure.

Witness: Litvinenko may be poisoned earlier than assumed

    BEIJING, Dec. 14 (Xinhuanet) -- Former Russian agent Alexander Litvinenko might have been poisoned two weeks earlier than is generally assumed, a key witness claimed in a newspaper interview published Wednesday.

    Andrei Lugovoi, who met with Litvinenko at a hotel in London on Nov. 1, a few hours before Litvinenko fell ill, said he does not think the poisoning took place on Nov. 1 as British investigators think. Instead, it may occur in mid-October when Litvinenko and Lugovoi met another business associate, Dmitry Kovtun.

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