By Neil Buckley in Moscow
Published: October 10 2007 19:51 | Last updated: October 10 2007 19:51
Business and political leaders insisted UK-Russian commercial relations had not been harmed by the dispute over the murder of Alexander Litvinenko – just as Russia’s security chief was accusing British spies of trying to break up Russia.
The Russo-British Chamber of Commerce put on a display of harmony on Wednesday at its first Moscow investment forum since tit-for-tat diplomatic expulsions in recent months. These were sparked by Russia’s refusal to extradite Andrei Lugovoi, the ex-KGB officer whom Britain wants to try for last year’s poisoning of Litvinenko, a critic of the Kremlin.