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Britain’s call for the extradition of a suspect in the killing of former KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko is “stupidity,” President Vladimir Putin said in an interview released Monday.
Putin’s remark is likely to further trouble British-Russian relations that already have hit a post-Cold War low in the case of Litvinenko, who died in London in November from poisoning by a rare radioactive isotope.
Britain last month said it had enough evidence to charge Andrei Lugovoi, a former KGB member, in the killing and asked for his extradition. Russian officials say the constitution prevents such extraditions.
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Items compiled from Tribune news services.
