Russia's top prosecutor told his British counterpart today that Russia could prosecute the chief suspect in the Alexander Litvinenko killing if Britain presents sufficient evidence, the Interfax news agency reported.

Several high-level participants from Russia have pulled out of a major investment conference that starts in London this weekend in what is seen as payback for Britain’s refusal to extradite tycoon Boris Berezovsky.

The man reported to be a suspect in the murder of a former Russian agent in London hit out today at “lies, provocation and government propaganda”, denying any role in the radiation poisoning death of Alexander Litvinenko.

Russia's top prosecutor said his office wants to question fugitive tycoon Boris Berezovsky the probe of ex-security agent Alexander Litvinenko's poisoning death, Russian news agencies reported today.

Russia’s top prosecutor said British investigators have asked to return to Moscow as part of their probe of ex-security agent Alexander Litvinenko’s poisoning death, Russian news agencies reported today.

Russia will soon send a team to Britain to investigate the poisoning death of former KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko, the country’s top prosecutor said today in a television interview.

A key witness in the radiation poisoning case of former Russian agent Alexander Litvinenko said he would meet with British investigators today, the ITAR-Tass news agency reported.

Russia will not extradite possible suspects in the poisoning of ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko to Britain, the prosecutor general said today.

Russia’s largest oil producer, battered by a gigantic overdue back taxes bill, says it may have to halt its main production units within a few days because of a bailiffs’ order, the Interfax news agency reported in Moscow.