{"id":1517,"date":"2007-09-18T06:45:26","date_gmt":"2007-09-18T11:45:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/news-to-make-you-blue\/09\/18\/in-soviet-russia-democracy-poisons-you\/"},"modified":"2007-09-18T06:46:22","modified_gmt":"2007-09-18T11:46:22","slug":"in-soviet-russia-democracy-poisons-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/news-to-make-you-blue\/09\/18\/in-soviet-russia-democracy-poisons-you\/","title":{"rendered":"In Soviet Russia, Democracy Poisons You"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"andrei<\/a><\/center><\/p>\n

Following the murder of Alexander Litvinenko, the UK government asked for formal extradition of Andrei Lugovoi<\/a>, a former KGB agent who had met with Litvinenko the day he fell ill. The UK’s director of public prosecutions Ken Macdonald said Lugovoi should be extradited to stand trial for the murder of Litvinenko by “deliberate poisoning” after Polonium-210 was found in numerous places visited by Lugovoi that day. Russia denied the extradition request and negligible progress has been made on the case.<\/p>\n

Four months since the May extradition demand from the UK, Andrei Lugovoi has resurfaced. At a congress for the Liberal Democratic Party (LDPR), he announced his intentions to be an MP for the party<\/a>, confirmed by LDPR party leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky. If elected, Lugovoi will be granted immunity from prosecution from Litvinenko’s murder.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Following the murder of Alexander Litvinenko, the UK government asked for formal extradition of Andrei Lugovoi, a former KGB agent who had met with Litvinenko the day he fell ill. The UK’s director of public prosecutions Ken Macdonald said Lugovoi should be extradited to stand trial for the murder of Litvinenko by “deliberate poisoning” after […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nIn Soviet Russia, Democracy Poisons You - Prose Before Hos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Following the murder of Alexander Litvinenko, the UK government asked for formal extradition of Andrei Lugovoi, a former KGB agent who had met with\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/news-to-make-you-blue\/09\/18\/in-soviet-russia-democracy-poisons-you\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"In Soviet Russia, Democracy Poisons You - Prose Before Hos\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Following the murder of Alexander Litvinenko, the UK government asked for formal extradition of Andrei Lugovoi, a former KGB agent who had met with\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/news-to-make-you-blue\/09\/18\/in-soviet-russia-democracy-poisons-you\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Prose Before Hos\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2007-09-18T11:45:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2007-09-18T11:46:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com\/the_daily_dish\/images\/2007\/09\/17\/lugovoialexeysazonovafpgetty_3.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"News to Make You Blue\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@pbhnetwork\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@pbhnetwork\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"News to Make You Blue\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/news-to-make-you-blue\/09\/18\/in-soviet-russia-democracy-poisons-you\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/news-to-make-you-blue\/09\/18\/in-soviet-russia-democracy-poisons-you\/\",\"name\":\"In Soviet Russia, Democracy Poisons You - Prose Before Hos\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2007-09-18T11:45:26+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2007-09-18T11:46:22+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/#\/schema\/person\/1c5184f6d8dd65ce4aa7c82c8494f3e6\"},\"description\":\"Following the murder of Alexander Litvinenko, the UK government asked for formal extradition of Andrei Lugovoi, a former KGB agent who had met with\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/news-to-make-you-blue\/09\/18\/in-soviet-russia-democracy-poisons-you\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/news-to-make-you-blue\/09\/18\/in-soviet-russia-democracy-poisons-you\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/news-to-make-you-blue\/09\/18\/in-soviet-russia-democracy-poisons-you\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"In Soviet Russia, Democracy Poisons You\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/\",\"name\":\"Prose Before Hos\",\"description\":\"The Far Side Of Politics\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/#\/schema\/person\/1c5184f6d8dd65ce4aa7c82c8494f3e6\",\"name\":\"News to Make You Blue\",\"description\":\"When the president talks to God, does he ever think that maybe he's not?\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/author\/news-to-make-you-blue\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"In Soviet Russia, Democracy Poisons You - Prose Before Hos","description":"Following the murder of Alexander Litvinenko, the UK government asked for formal extradition of Andrei Lugovoi, a former KGB agent who had met with","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/news-to-make-you-blue\/09\/18\/in-soviet-russia-democracy-poisons-you\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"In Soviet Russia, Democracy Poisons You - Prose Before Hos","og_description":"Following the murder of Alexander Litvinenko, the UK government asked for formal extradition of Andrei Lugovoi, a former KGB agent who had met with","og_url":"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/news-to-make-you-blue\/09\/18\/in-soviet-russia-democracy-poisons-you\/","og_site_name":"Prose Before Hos","article_published_time":"2007-09-18T11:45:26+00:00","article_modified_time":"2007-09-18T11:46:22+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com\/the_daily_dish\/images\/2007\/09\/17\/lugovoialexeysazonovafpgetty_3.jpg"}],"author":"News to Make You Blue","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@pbhnetwork","twitter_site":"@pbhnetwork","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"News to Make You Blue","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/news-to-make-you-blue\/09\/18\/in-soviet-russia-democracy-poisons-you\/","url":"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/news-to-make-you-blue\/09\/18\/in-soviet-russia-democracy-poisons-you\/","name":"In Soviet Russia, Democracy Poisons You - Prose Before Hos","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2007-09-18T11:45:26+00:00","dateModified":"2007-09-18T11:46:22+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/#\/schema\/person\/1c5184f6d8dd65ce4aa7c82c8494f3e6"},"description":"Following the murder of Alexander Litvinenko, the UK government asked for formal extradition of Andrei Lugovoi, a former KGB agent who had met with","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/news-to-make-you-blue\/09\/18\/in-soviet-russia-democracy-poisons-you\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/news-to-make-you-blue\/09\/18\/in-soviet-russia-democracy-poisons-you\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/news-to-make-you-blue\/09\/18\/in-soviet-russia-democracy-poisons-you\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"In Soviet Russia, Democracy Poisons You"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/","name":"Prose Before Hos","description":"The Far Side Of Politics","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/#\/schema\/person\/1c5184f6d8dd65ce4aa7c82c8494f3e6","name":"News to Make You Blue","description":"When the president talks to God, does he ever think that maybe he's not?","url":"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/author\/news-to-make-you-blue\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1517"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1517"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1517\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}