The Times is reporting that Russia's investigation into the photogenic death of Alexander Litvinenko is being blocked by Great Britain.
Surely Great Britain wants to get at the truth of this death, to show the world how right it is in making its accusations, and to show that Russia is a ruthless tyranny prepared to commit radioactive murder on British streets.
Well, that's what any normal person would think.
Why would our honourable, truthful government be blocking such an investigation?
Our government is constantly saying to us, regarding the increasing police state and surveillance, ID Cards and the ubiquitous CCTV (which is not working), "if you have nothing to hide you have nothing to fear".
Well, let's see what's being hidden. Let Russia investigate.
I want to know what happened. Millions, if not billions, do too.
ps It is obvious that Putin is trying very hard to stop the Albert Pike WW3. The longer this smear over Litvinenko hangs over Russia, as well as all the others e.g. Politkovskaya, the harder it will be for him to find consensus and peaceful compromise. I suggest this is why there is this reluctance to allow Russia to investigate.
The City of London and Wall Street are where the real criminals are.
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From http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article2726767.ece
The Kremlin sought to turn the tables on Britain yesterday over the killing of Alexander Litvinenko, the dissident former security officer.
The Prosecutor-General’s Office accused the Crown Prosecution Service of blocking a Russian inquiry into the death by repeatedly ignoring urgent requests for information.
It complained to Jacqui Smith, the Home Secretary, that her officials had done nothing to resolve the dispute despite Russian pleas to intervene with the CPS. Details of the complaint were released as Russia said that it had received a fresh request from the CPS for help with the case.
The CPS has accused Andrei Lugovoy, a former KGB officer, of murdering Litvinenko with radioactive polonium210 in London. President Putin has dismissed the British case as “stupid” and refused to extradite Mr Lugovoy, citing a constitutional ban. The controversy has plunged relations between London and Moscow to their worst level since the Cold War. Britain expelled four Russian diplomats in July, prompting Moscow to order four British envoys to leave.
The Prosecutor-General’s Office said in a statement that it had written to the Home Secretary acknowledging Britain’s latest request for assistance. It added that Russia had been waiting ten months for Britain to answer its requests for information concerning Litvinenko.
“Russia notified that the requests are urgent. The Russian Prosecutor-General’s Office has many times asked the Home Office to accelerate the execution of the requests,” it said. “Nevertheless, the Russian Prosecutor-General’s Office has received no information from relevant British agencies on these requests.”
Russia complained that its investigators had been unable to interview doctors who had treated Litvinenko at Barnet Hospital and University College Hospital, where he died on November 23. It had not received copies of autopsy reports or the results of any forensic examination. “These conditions deprive Russia of a bulk of information, which could be helpful in solving the crime, and of an opportunity to fully verify existing theories,” it said.
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