Why is the British court in no hurry to condemn Russia in Litvinenko

It is no longer a secret for anyone, where the Supreme Courts of Russia are actually. No, only those courts that dense conservatives can consider “supreme” or “higher” are moved to St. Petersburg. No, and now they didn’t guess either - not in Strasbourg. Strasbourg with his red tape, uncertainty and a consonant position has long discredited itself. As one familiar oppositionist told me: “No, to immediately take and write:" Putin is a criminal, shoot, "so they all refer to some convention." Against the backdrop of the complete Fiascch, hopes are now assigned to British courts.

Although the British courts are extremely contradictory. At first they do not give literally all refugees from Russia to the Russian prosecutor’s office - from Berezovsky to numerous Yukosovites. And then they take the side of Abramovich, and the fighter for the right business Berezovsky - almost bankrupt. Then they are “for ours”, then obviously “for their”. Well, what about the country that is preparing to approve the law on homosexual marriages.

For example, last week a judicial investigation in the Litvinenko case continued. Many expected that a fair British court would explicitly declare: “Litvinenko killed the Russian government! Shame on the bloody executioner Putin! Immediately give us a meadow's reprisal! ” It was not there. Suddenly, the official statement of the British government appeared: we respect the European Convention, but we consider it necessary to classify the materials in the case. In order to avoid problems with the Russian Federation and the good of the entire British people. No, we, of course, understand when the Presidential administration is called to the Russian court and explain how, in accordance with the “General Line of the Party,” we must judge and how much to give to whom. But British courts ... the world "gold standard" of independence and justice of justice. And such a arrogant and undisguised pressure of the government on the court! They would have guessed to pick up the phone and quietly hint to the chairman of the Supreme Court about the interests of the company. But no, it is necessary to write. And the judge is sitting and decide for whom, as a result, the British Empire - for Litvinenko or for Lugovoy. Something like this is the Russian media and see this business.

Although in fact there is nothing surprising. After Boris Abramovich Berezovsky received everything that he wanted, namely: political refuge and guarantees of almost complete immunity, Mr. Litvinenko had not easy, which often happens to people working for a particular oligarch. Probably, he had to earn a living than he had to, including working on Mi6 and other British structures. Then followed the tragic death and many years of hysteria about "Russian nuclear terrorism in the center of London." When the long -awaited judicial investigation began in the case, it turned out that the “godfather” of the case Litvinenko Boris Abramovich Berezovsky as a result of a fight with Abramovich was not able to finance lawyers in the case.

The British government, seeing that a good hundred lawyers from various parties participate in the case, including Mr. Lugovoi and the Investigative Committee of Russia, realized that this case could go sideways all of Britain, and asked to exclude the evidence of Litvinenko’s cooperation with the British intelligence services and everything related to this cooperation.

The British court replied that he certainly respects the request of Her Majesty’s government, but he would think about what to exclude from the process, independently and in accordance with British laws. That's why he is an independent court. The judges are well aware that no matter how much it is decided, they will still be dissatisfied, who will say that they bought a judge or that the government was crushed by him. But this is indifferent to the court - after all, it is an independent British court with an appropriate reputation. Therefore, he will be “supreme” for the next few decades in relation to all Russian courts. Read court decisions, gentlemen. Everything will be said there. About Litvinenko, and about the meadow, and the government of the Russian Federation. They may not like it. But they will be forced to come to terms with this. Because when an independent court was already working in Britain, there was still a Tatar-Mongol yoke in Russia.