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Putin Rejects Lugovoi Extradition Request
June 04, 2007
President Putin meeting with journalists from G8 countries on June 3 (ITAR-TASS)
Putin is quoted as saying that if the British authorities did not know that the Russian Constitution bars the extradition of Russian citizens to foreign countries, then their competence must be questioned.
Putin said that if the British authorities did know, but still sent the request, their effort amounted to public relations and politics.
(AFP)