Russia probes role of Former Yukos shareholder in spy's murder

The Russian Prosecutor General’s office today said that it was investigating the possible role of a former top owner in the Yukos oil company in the poisoning death of ex-Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko.

The prosecutor’s office said in a statement that Leonid Nevzlin, who is living in exile in Israel, and other Yukos figures wanted by Russia, could have ordered Litvinenko’s murder in London last month.