Murdered Russian spy worked for Britain - suspect

MOSCOW, May 31 (Reuters) Alexander Litvinenko, the former Russian agent murdered in London last year, was working for British intelligence, the man charged by Britain with his murder alleged today.

Andrei Lugovoy, a former KGB agent whom Russia has refused to extradite to face murder charges, said at a news conference that Litvinenko and his patron, self-exiled Russian tycoon Boris Berezovsky, were both working for British secret services.

''In the words of Sasha (Litvinenko) himself, first he was recruited and afterwards, on his advice, Boris Abramovich (Berezovsky) gave to the British some (Russian) security council documents and also became an MI6 agent,'' Lugovoy said.

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