Andrei Lugovoi , one of the main suspects in the murder case of Russian intelligence agent Alexander Litvinenko , is to run as a MP in the Russian elections on 2 December. If he is elected, Lugovoi will be immune from prosecution. This is worrying for the British government, who want to arrest Lugovoi. Lugovoi is to be a candidate for the nationalist Liberal Democratic Party of Russia . The LDPR currently has 35 of the 446 in the Duma , the lower house in the Russian parliament. The leader of the LDPR, Vladimir Zhirinovsky said, "I head the list (for the December 2 parliamentary elections), the fraction's leader will be third... Our second will be Andrei Lugovoi - he has suffered, been targeted by British special services." Lugovoi is wanted by the British, as he is the main suspect in  Litvinenko case. A critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin , Litvinenko had taken refuge in Britain and was murdered after he was fed the radioactive substance polonium-210 . Lugovoi, a former KGB agent, met Litvinenko on November 1, 2006. The British want Lugovoi extradited but the Russians refuse, denying Lugovoi has had anything to do with murdering Litvinenko.
 , one of the main suspects in the murder case of Russian intelligence agent , is to run as a in the Russian elections on 2 December. If he is elected, Lugovoi will be immune from prosecution. This is worrying for the British government, who want to arrest Lugovoi. Lugovoi is to be a candidate for the . The LDPR currently has 35 of the 446 in the , the lower house in the Russian parliament. The leader of the LDPR, , said, "I head the list (for the December 2 parliamentary elections), the fraction's leader will be third... Our second will be Andrei Lugovoi - he has suffered, been targeted by British special services." Lugovoi is wanted by the British, as he is the main suspect in the Litvinenko case. A critic of Russian President , Litvinenko had taken refuge in Britain and was murdered after he was fed the radioactive substance . Lugovoi, a former KGB agent, met Litvinenko on November 1, 2006. The British want Lugovoi but the Russians refuse, denying Lugovoi has had anything to do with murdering Litvinenko.
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Vladimir Putin
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