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MOSCOW - The Russian wanted by Britain on suspicion of killing Alexander Litvinenko is to stand as a leading candidate for the ultra-nationalist Liberal Democratic Party in parliamentary elections in December.
Former intelligence officer Andrei Lugovoy would receive immunity from prosecution as an MP were the party to receive the minimum 7 per cent of the vote required to enter the state Duma.
Britain wants to try Lugovoy for the murder of Litvinenko, who died in a London hospital in November after being poisoned.
- Reuters
