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Andrei Lugovoy, left, a KGB colleague and bodyguard to former Prime Minster Yegor Gaidar, speaks to the media as his colleague Dmitry Kovtun listens in Moscow, Friday, Nov. 24, 2006. In an interview with Ekho Moskvy radio, Lugovoy confirmed that he and Kovtun had met with three high-ranking British officials in Moscow on Thursday. He said the meeting was a "conversation, not an interrogation" but refused to give further details. He said his lawyer was present for the talks.(AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)