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Lugovoy, the murderer of Litvinenko is now a member or parliament in Russia with extradition requests of the UK being denied. It's pretty clear the assassinatio
by varjag 10y ago
Lugovoy, the murderer of Litvinenko is now a member or parliament in Russia with extradition requests of the UK being denied. It's pretty clear the assassination had the highest possible approval. Sometimes, things are exactly what they look like.
- feintruled 10y agoIn fairness, Russia flat out deny ALL extradition requests for their own citizens. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/may/22/russia.lukeharding https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/may/22/russia.lukehar... A commendable stance, IMHO. (From a most uncommendable unregime). They also have no extradition treaty at all with the US. Hence why Snowden is there, I guess.
- varjag 10y agoIt's certainly not legal loopholes that keep Snowden away from being handed over but a decision of one man. Russian constitution also has a lot of great things in it, like freedom of speech, freedom of association, two terms limit on presidency, immutability of borders and priority of international treaties - all of which were stomped when it became politically expedient.