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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Ann Corrigan who wrote (11973)	7/16/2007 3:31:02 PM
From: Ann Corrigan	Respond to of 224748

(BBC)-The UK is to expel four Russian diplomats in response to Moscow's refusal to extradite the prime suspect in the murder of Alexander Litvinenko. Foreign Secretary David Miliband also said co-operation with Russia on a range of issues was under review. Prosecutors want Andrei Lugovoi, an ex-KGB officer, to face trial in the UK. He denies involvement. Moscow condemned the UK's position as "immoral" and said the expulsions would have "serious consequences". But Prime Minister Gordon Brown said he had "no apologies for the action we have taken" in expelling the diplomats. Speaking on a visit to Berlin, he said he wanted good relations with Russia but also said people would understand that when a prosecuting authority made it clear what was in the interests of justice and there was no co-operation, "then action has to be taken." Former KGB agent Mr Litvinenko died of exposure to radioactive polonium-210 in London in November 2006. The Foreign Office has not named the four Russian diplomats, but the BBC understands they are intelligence officers.