State duma deputy Andrey Lugovoy, who the UK considers the main suspect in the killing of former FSB officer Aleksandr Litvinenko, did not commit the murder, a British lie detector test shows.
Lugovoy was asked several questions connected with the 2006 death of Litvinenko, Interfax reports. Asked if he had directly or indirectly contributed to the death, and whether he had dealt with polonium, he replied “no” to all questions.
“After careful analysis of all the diagrams obtained from the [polygraph] test, we have determined that the answers to these questions were not false. Thus, in our professional opinion, Andrey Lugovoy was telling the truth when answering the above questions,” members of the British Polygraph Association Bruce and Tristam Burgess said.
Lugovoy himself confirmed to Interfax that the test took place.“I passed the lie detector test in Moscow on April 24.The entire process lasted around three hours”, Lugovoy said.
Aleksander Litvinenko died from poisoning by the radioactive substance polonium 210 in November 2006 in a London hospital. British authorities accused Lugovoy of being involved in the murder, while he maintains his innocence. The incident seriously damaged relations between Russia and the UK.
While Scotland Yard has sought Lugovoy’s extradition, Russia says the country’s Constitution prohibits handing over its citizens.
Lugovoy told RT in an exclusive interview there were several potential suspects, including exiled Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky and members of British intelligence.
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