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MOSCOW - Russian investigators will soon travel to Britain as part of a probe into the poisoning of former security agent Alexander Litvinenko, Russia's Prosecutor-General said on Sunday.
Yuri Chaika said Russia had made an official request to London and added detectives would go in the near future.
"Investigators are preparing to leave for Britain to carry out investigative activities," Chaika said in an interview on state television, RIA news agency reported.
Chaika said Russian detectives would be present at the questioning of witnesses and would like to see documents which were removed from addresses in Britain.
Litvinenko, a former Russian state security officer, died on November 23 in London from radiation poisoning caused by ingesting polonium 210. British police say he was murdered.
In a deathbed statement, Litvinenko accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of ordering his murder - an allegation dismissed by the Kremlin.
British officials have so far declined to comment on whether they have received requests from Russian authorities to help with their investigations.
- REUTERS
