Red Star Rising

You cannot have people assassinated on British soil and then discover that we wish to arrest someone who is in another country and not be in a position to do so.

— British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, commenting on July 23, 2007, upon the refusal of then Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin to extradite former KGB agent, Andrei Lugovoy, for trial for the murder in London by radioactive polonium-210 poisoning of former KGB colleague, Alexander Litvinenko, November 23, 2006

They [Britain] are making proposals to change our constitution that are insulting for our nation and our people. It’s their brains, not our constitution, which needs to be changed. . they forget that Britain is no longer a colonial power and that Russia was never their colony.

— Then Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin’s rejection of the British extradition request for Andrei Lugovoy, July 25, 2007

The cynical murder of my son was a calculated act of intimidation. I have no doubt that he was killed by the FSB [successor to the KGB] and that the orders came from the former KGB spy, President Vladimir Putin. He was the only person who could have given that order. I haven’t a shadow of doubt that this was done by Putin’s men.

— Walter Litvinenko, December 16, 2006

I will not rest until justice has been done.

— Marina Litvinenko, widow of Alexander Litvinenko, May 23, 2007