Russia's latest reaction in the Moscow-London standoff is pointing to a stalemate that is unlikely to be resolved soon. President Putin accused Britain of treating Russia like a colony, while Russian prosecutors said UK investigators had provided evidence that was full of holes regarding Andrei Lugovoi's involvement in the poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko.
With the likelihood that either of the two sides will budge from their stances diminishing, it is becoming increasingly unclear what Britain was hoping to achieve by asking Russia to change its Constitution and extradite Lugovoi.
"They give us insulting advice on changing our constitution, it's their mindset that has to change, not our constitution,'' Putin told youth groups on Tuesday. "What they are proposing is a throwback to the colonial mindset. They forget that Britain is no longer a colonial power and that Russia was never their colony,'' he said in the televised address.
