Out of reach

摘要

For someone accused of so sensational a crime, Andrei Lugovoi seemed insouciant when he appeared on Russian television on May 22nd-hours after Britain's Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) announced its intention to prosecute him for the murder of Alexander Litvinenko. What, Mr Lugovoi asked, could possibly be his motive for poisoning his fellow KGB veteran, who died slowly and excruciatingly in London last November, after ingesting polonium?