Special Report: Ex-Russian spy dies
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.
Documents of the probe, including the transcript of the questioning of witnesses, were handed over to Scotland Yard representatives on Tuesday, the office said in a statement.
A group of British investigators arrived in Moscow last week to interview people who met Litvinenko around the time of his alleged poisoning in early November. Litvinenko died of radioactive poisoning later that month in London.
"The British investigators were provided with full and comprehensive assistance," the statement said, adding they received answers to the questions they were interested during questioning of witnesses.
Litvinenko, who was a strong critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, accused the Kremlin of orchestrating his poisoning just before his death. Moscow denies the charge.
The former agent, who had been arrested several times, fled to Britain with his wife and son in November 2000 and was granted asylum. He became a British citizen last month.
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