Wow, the sheer brass it takes. This is beyond pot kettle black bullshit, this is like fuck I don't have the words.Russian President Vladimir Putin has dismissed a UK request for Andrei Lugovoi's extradition as the remnant of a "colonial mindset".
"They have long forgotten that it is a long time since Britain was a colonial power," he told Russian TV.
The UK expelled four diplomats after Russia refused to extradite Mr Lugovoi, who denies killing ex-KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko in London.
The Foreign Office said it was still trying get Moscow to extradite him.
Mr Putin was being filmed meeting pro-Kremlin youth groups at the presidential residence at Zavidovo when he was asked about the diplomatic row.
He said 30 people sought by Russian law enforcement agencies "for serious and very serious crimes" were taking refuge in London and Britain did not "bat an eyelid and did not even think about extraditing them".
"They (Britain) had the same problem, though to a lesser extent, with the USA, strange as it may sound, and with France and other countries," he said.
"They do not extradite to any country people who are hiding on their territory, including people who are suspected of and charged with terrorist activities."
He added that to other countries, Britain made "exaggerated claims", including "insulting advice" to "change our constitution".
"They should get their heads examined rather than tell us to change our constitution," he said.
'Respect partners'
Mr Putin said Britain's behaviour was "clearly a remnant of a colonial mindset".
"They don't have any colonies. And Russia, thank God, has never been a colony of Great Britain," he said.
The Russian president added: "It shows they still have in their heads the ideas of the last century or the century before that.
"They should treat their partners with respect. And if they do, we will treat them with respect."
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Under the European Convention on Extradition 1957, Russia has the right to refuse the extradition of a citizen, and its constitution expressly forbids it.
A Foreign Office spokesman said that the government was still seeking to persuade Moscow to hand over Mr Lugovoi.
"We continue to look for a willingness from the Russian authorities to work constructively with us to bring this crime, committed in the UK, to justice in a UK court," he said.
Gordon Brown renewed his demand for the extradition of Mr Lugovoi on Monday and described the situation as "intolerable".
Last week, four Russian embassy staff were expelled from the UK after the British extradition request was refused.
That prompted Moscow to retaliate by asking four British embassy staff to leave within 10 days.
Mr Litvinenko, who had taken UK citizenship, died of exposure to radioactive polonium-210 in London in November 2006.
Traces of the radioactive isotope were found in several places visited by Mr Lugovoi, who denies any involvement in Mr Litvinenko's death.
Colonial power, that's big talk from a man and a government who has started two wars of conquest, poisoned people for attempting to break free of Russian domination or simply talking bad about them, intimated, bullied, harassed and generally been a dick to nations who have broken free of imperial Russian rule and want to stay free. For someone who has been publicity committed to the idea of Imperial Russia ruling Central Asia and Eastern Europe calling Britain a colonial power is pretty fucking rich.
Yeah heaven forbid because odds are that Russia would be a real democracy with rule of law and all the trimming and the best your ass could do is be a corp shark lawyer or a thug because I've noticed a distinct lack of careers in organizations that specialize in oppressing their own and disappearing people KGB fuck.And Russia, thank God, has never been a colony of Great Britain," he said.
Sorry folks but this level of brazen hypocracy annoys me on levels I can't even begin to express. The best I can really do is utter a phrase that starts with Go and ends with Fuck Yourself towards this asshole.