MOSCOW. Nov 21 (Interfax-AVN) - The Russian Foreign Intelligence Service has denied all allegations suggesting its involvement in Alexander Litvinenko's poisoning in London. "Any allegations against Russia are unconvincing, to say the least," the service's press spokesman Sergei Ivanov told Interfax on Monday.
The statement followed speculations in the media about the alleged involvement of Russian secret agencies in the poisoning of former Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) officer Alexander Litvinenko.
"Since the elimination of Ukrainian nationalist Stepan Bandera in 1959, the Soviet intelligence service and its successor - the SRV - have never conducted operations aimed at the physical liquidation of unwelcome personalities," the spokesman said.
Those who are behind Litvinenko's poisoning should be looked for among his London entourage, Ivanov said.