§ Lord Bethellasked Her Majesty's Government:
What representations they have made to the government of the Russian Federation over the case of Alexander Nikitin, who is presently in prison on charges of giving information to a Norwegian environmental body.
§ Baroness Chalker of Wallasey:The British Ambassador to Moscow raised the case of Alexander Nikitin with Dmitri Ryurikov, President Yeltsin's Foreign Policy Adviser, on 10th April 1996.
The case was also raised during bilateral human rights talks in London on 4th October.