Wednesday, December 06, 2006

Scotland Yard 'to meet Litvinenko contact'

[q url="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-2489808,00.html"]British detectives visiting Russia to investigate the death of Alexander Litvinenko are to meet Andrei Lugovoy, a contact of the former spy and a potential key witness to the case.

Mr Lugovoy, a successful businessman and former KGB officer who is undergoing tests for radiation contamination, said his doctors had given permission for the meeting with a team of Scotland Yard officers to go ahead.

The interview will take place under the supervision of the chief Russian prosecutor̢۪s office and Russian officials are expected to lead the questioning.source

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