Andrei Lugovoy (Lugovoi) whom British authorities accused of murdering former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko has claimed that the British security services were behind the murder.

Andrei Lugovoy said he holds ample evidence that MI6c had a hand in Litvinenko's poisoning by polonium-210. Lugovoy, who held a press conference today, also said MI6 tried to recruit him to collect information on President Putin and that both Litvinenko and exiled tycoon Boris Berezovsky were on its payroll.

Poland wants a common energy declaration on the part of the EU, which would be conditional and binding to all parties. Poland demands that the issue of energy supplies be made key condition to negotiations over any new treaty between EU and Russia.