The latest: Poisoned Litvinenko Blames Kremlin in Last Interview Before Death

24.11.2006
Poisoned Litvinenko Blames Kremlin in Last Interview Before Death — Paper
In his last interview the poisoned former Russian security agent Alexander Litvinenko said that the hit on him had been ordered from the Kremlin.

24.11.2006
Litvinenko’s Business Contact Denies Role in Poisoning Plot
Andrei Lugovoi, the former Federal Security Service of Russia (FSB) operative and the businessman now reported by the Western media to be linked to the poisoning and death in the UK of his former colleague Alexander Litvinenko, refuted those allegations in an exclusive interview to Russia Today.

24.11.2006
Russia Launches Air Defense Deliveries to Iran
Russia has begun delivery of Tor-M1 air defense missile systems to Iran, a Defense Ministry official said Friday, confirming that Moscow would proceed with arms deals with Tehran in spite of U.S. criticism.

24.11.2006
EU Divided After Poland’s Veto Hosts Russia’s Putin at Summit
The European Union hosted Russian President Vladimir Putin at a summit in Helsinki on Friday with its efforts to present a united front to Moscow in disarray after Poland vetoed the launch of EU-Russia partnership talks.

24.11.2006
Russian Prosecutors Charge 17 Muslims With Plotting Terror Attacks
Russian prosecutors have accused 17 members of an Islamic community of planning a series of terrorist acts in the internal republic of Tatarstan.

24.11.2006
Uzbekistan Lashes Out at U.S. Over Religious Freedom Report
Uzbekistan on Friday accused the United States of double standards after Washington included the tightly controlled ex-Soviet republic on a list of the world’s worst violators of religious freedom.

24.11.2006
Russia Condemns Vicious Bombings in Iraq, Says Tension Mounting
The latest terror attacks in Iraq which killed over 200 people prove that tensions are mounting across the war-torn country, Russia said Friday.

24.11.2006
Russia Denies Dutch HR Group Permission to Work in Chechnya
Russian authorities refuse to re-register Dutch-based non-governmental organization that provided legal aid to Chechens alleging crimes by Russian soldiers.

24.11.2006
Litvinenko’s Associates Blame His Death on Russia
Russia stood accused of being behind the death of former Russian domestic security agent Alexander Litvinenko by a mysterious poisoning which critics alleged was plotted by the Kremlin. Litvinenko died in a London hospital on Thursday. He was 43.

24.11.2006
Russia’s Putin Visits Finland Ahead of EU Summit
Russian President Vladimir Putin pledged Thursday to reduce bureaucracy and upgrade connections between his country and Finland to smooth the flow of cross-border trade, as he and his Finnish counterpart Tarja Halonen spoke to journalists after bi-lateral talks held ahead of the Russia-EU summit due Friday.

24.11.2006
Russian Spies Protect Canadian Troops — Russian Official
Russia ignored charges on Thursday that it had been spying in Canada, saying instead that Moscow’s agents were handing over secret intelligence to help protect Canadian troops in Afghanistan.

24.11.2006
Former Russian Security Agent, Putin’s Critic Dies in London Hospital
Former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko died in a London hospital on Thursday night, doctors said, three weeks after being mysteriously poisoned in what critics alleged was a Soviet-style sting by Moscow’s secret services. The Kremlin dismissed the charge as “sheer nonsense”.

24.11.2006
Russia Ranks Second in World Suicide Rating
Russia’s suicide rate is the second worst in the world after Lithuania, the director of a leading Russian social and psychiatric research center has said.