EU/RUSSIA : CHIZHOV: EU'S CRITICISM OVER LITVINENKO CASE "AN UNPLEASANT SURPRISE".(Alexander Litvinenko)

From: European Report | Date: July 20, 2007 | Copyright information

Russia's Ambassador to the EU Vladimir Chizhov said on 18 July that the EU's criticism of Russia over the way it handles the Litvinenko case "will certainly affect relations between the EU and Russia".

The day before, the EU criticised Russia's failure to "cooperate constructively" with the UK authorities on the murder of Alexander Litvinenko, a Russian ex-KGB agent turned Kremlin critic, who died from radioactive poisoning last November in London. "The EU expresses its...

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