Andrei Lugovoy in His Own Words

Sasha, Andrei. Such familiar names from our childhood. These could be names of classmates or relatives. Sasha and Andrei meet. Sasha dies. Both are KGB agents. Such stories are so familiar from the early years. First one grand-father was killed, then another, then eight years to all wives, and yes, ten years without a right to receive letters actually meant immediate execution. The only new detail in this story is radio-active poisoning. Who said Russia does not progress? We are not some kind of under-developed country, we can dispatch people in style.

Reuters:

U.S. urges Russia to help over Litvinenko
Tue Jun 5, 2007 10:50PM BST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States, at loggerheads with Moscow over a range of issues, urged Russia's government on Tuesday to cooperate with Britain's investigation into the murder of Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko.
"It's clear that there are comments coming out of the Russian leadership on their insistence that they will not cooperate. We would encourage them to cooperate," State Department spokesman Sean McCormack told reporters.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an interview published by Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera last weekend that Britain's request for the extradition of former agent Andrei Lugovoy in connection with Litvinenko's death was politically motivated and not backed up by enough evidence.
Litvinenko, a former spy who had become a Kremlin critic and moved to Britain, met Lugovoy and Russian businessman Dmitry Kovtun in the Millennium Hotel in London on November 1 last year.
He fell ill within hours of the meeting and died in a hospital just over three weeks later. Doctors diagnosed polonium poisoning.
"This is a case that needs to be resolved. This murder of Mr Litvinenko is just terrible. It's an awful, terrible way to die through this radiation poisoning, not to mention the other people possibly put at risk through what was done," said McCormack.
Asked about Putin's comments that there was not enough evidence to extradite Lugovoy over the case, McCormack declined comment. "The important thing here is to answer the question of who killed this man. The British authorities say they have enough evidence to bring this particular person to trial." [link]

And here Andrei Lugovoy `on YouTube in his own words. Sorry it is in Russian. He says he loved "Sasha". Did he really? If yes, why he poisoned his friend?

posted by: jrtelegraph