22:57, 27 March 2007

Litvinenko's case: Russians will interrogate Berezovskiy in London

The Russian investigators engaged in inquiry of the murder of Alexander Litvinenko, former FSB officer, have arrived to London, where they expect to interrogate more than a hundred persons including businessman Boris Berezovskiy who resides there.

Well-informed sources in Moscow have reported on Tuesday that the delegation headed by Alexander Zvyagintsev, Deputy General Public Prosecutor of Russia, had left for England on Monday, the "Interfax" reports.

According to Mr. Zvyagintsev, the arrangement with the English party on interrogation of Mr. Berezovskiy has been made.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported earlier that Mr. Litvinenko, who fled to Great Britain in 2000 and received British passport in October 2006, died in the evening on November 23, 2006, at the hospital of the University College of London. Experts of the British Agency for Health Protection detected traces of a radioactive element - polonium-210 - in his body.