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Monday, September 17, 2007

Accused murderer for Russian president?

Andrei Lugovoy, wanted by Britain for poisoning Alexander Litvinenko, announced today he will run for the Russian parliament and hopes to become president, reports Reuters. Russian-affairs expert Yuri Felshtinsky, Litvinenko's co-author of Blowing Up Russia: The Secret Plot to Bring Back KGB Terror, says Lugovoy and his KGB cronies are making a mockery of Russian democracy.

For more on Lugovoy's announcement, click here.

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