Alexander Litvinenko

Kremlin says US blacklist additions another move to degrade ties

The Kremlin deplored Tuesday the United States` blacklisting of a high-ranking official and the prime suspects in the 2006 murder of ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko as a move that further damages bilateral ties.

Jan 10, 2017, 16:13 PM IST

Alexander Litvinenko murder suspect Andrei Lugovoy calls UK inquiry accusations 'absurd'

Andrei Lugovoy, one of two Russians named on Thursday by a judge led-British inquiry as the killers of Kremlin critic Alexander Litvinenko, said the accusations against him were "absurd", the Interfax news agency quoted him as saying.

Jan 22, 2016, 10:11 AM IST

British Litvinenko inquiry `politically motivated`, not transparent: Russia

Moscow on Thursday slammed the results of a British inquiry into the poisoning death of former KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko after the findings said President Vladimir Putin "probably approved" the killing.

Jan 21, 2016, 17:30 PM IST