Will Litvinenko murder suspect host the Olympics?
Russian MP Andrei Lugovoi, who is Britain’s chief suspect in the murder of dissident ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko is considering running for mayor of Sochi, the Black Sea resort city that will host the 2014 Olympic Games. Scotland Yard’s prime suspect needled Britain last May, by attending a soccer game played by two British teams in ...
Russian MP Andrei Lugovoi, who is Britain's chief suspect in the murder of dissident ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko is considering running for mayor of Sochi, the Black Sea resort city that will host the 2014 Olympic Games.
Scotland Yard's prime suspect needled Britain last May, by attending a soccer game played by two British teams in Moscow. I have to imagining that attending an Olympics hosted by Lugovoi himself has to be a pretty infuriating prospect for the U.K.
Alexey SAZONOV/AFP/Getty Images
Russian MP Andrei Lugovoi, who is Britain’s chief suspect in the murder of dissident ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko is considering running for mayor of Sochi, the Black Sea resort city that will host the 2014 Olympic Games.
Scotland Yard’s prime suspect needled Britain last May, by attending a soccer game played by two British teams in Moscow. I have to imagining that attending an Olympics hosted by Lugovoi himself has to be a pretty infuriating prospect for the U.K.
Alexey SAZONOV/AFP/Getty Images
Joshua Keating was an associate editor at Foreign Policy Twitter: @joshuakeating
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