THE chief suspect in the polonium poisoning of Russian dissident and ex-security agent Alexander Litvinenko says he will take no further part in the British inquest into the death, blaming London's decision to keep some sensitive material secret.
Russian MP Andrei Lugovoi said his legal representatives would no longer take part in the inquest or present evidence, claiming that he had lost faith in the British justice system.
"I am forced to announce that I am pulling out of the coroners' inquest and will not take part in it any more," Lugovoi said at a news conference, flanked by his lawyer.
The fact-finding inquest into Litvinenko's death - which does not rule on guilt - is expected to begin later this year. So far there have been pre-inquest hearings.
Lugovoi blamed his decision on British Foreign Secretary William Hague's request to keep some of the evidence secret in the interest of national security.
"There is the position of Britain to make it secret and there is my position: not to take part because it has been made secret, because I don't see the point," he said.
"The whole process looks like a farce."
Hague's decision has also prompted complaints from British media and Litvinenko's widow Marina, whose lawyers have argued the block is a cover-up to improve relations with Russia after it emerged in the pre-inquest review that Litvinenko worked for British spy agency MI6.
The inquest will examine the possible involvement of Lugovoi and another Russian, Dmitry Kovtun, in Litvinenko's death as well as the possible involvement of Russian state agencies, according to a website on the inquest set up by Britain.
The former spy and now MP for a nationalist party has been named by British police as the chief suspect in Litvinenko's 2006 murder after apparently drinking tea laced by polonium, but Russia refuses to extradite him in a row that has strained ties.
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