Quote Originally Posted by nokhor
russia will probably say they won't hand over lugovoi, unless the u.k. hands over berezovsky who russia claims is a criminal and who has political asylum in the u.k. they've been after the u.k. to hand him over for years. so they might do a swap.
I heard that on the radio just a few minutes ago, I guess berezovsky likes to spend his money with anti kremlin activity....

It also mentioned that BP has a stake in some russian oil field that the state is attempting to take over....

This definately bares watching, the assination aside, the potential politics could be messy.