Litvinenko murder evidence poisons Russian relations with the UK

"The Crown Prosecution Service concluded [Tuesday, May 22nd] that there was sufficient evidence to prosecute the former KGB agent and multimillionaire Andrei Lugovoï for the murder of a fellow former agent, turned exile, Alexander Litvinenko," notes the daily. "Moscow yesterday questioned London's certainty. Pointing the finger of blame at the Kremlin, some said, simply added to an organised campaign to discredit Russia as a commercial partner in Europe. ... At best, Britain and Russia are losing faith in each other's legal systems. That is damaging relations between the two countries at a wider level. Yet Scotland Yard have been working with evidence, not conspiracy theories. The poison has been used in Russia in the past, and the Federal Security Service (FSB), the KGB's successor, does not forgive or forget people it regards as traitors. ... like the silvery dust of polonium-210, the affair is powerful enough to poison relations between Moscow and London."

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