In Russia, UK's Cameron seeks trade and new ties - Forbes

LONDON -- British Prime Minister David Cameron's office says he is making his first visit to Russia in a bid to secure new trade and warmer ties.

Cameron was traveling to Moscow on Sunday in the first visit to Russia's capital by a British leader in six years, accompanied by business executives including BP ( BP - news - people )'s chief executive Bob Dudley.

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Ties between Britain and Russia soured over the 2006 poisoning death in London of dissident ex-Russian security agent Alexander Litvinenko.

Livtinenko's friends, and a group of senior lawmakers, have called on Cameron to use talks Monday with Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin to press for justice.

Russia has repeatedly refused British requests for the extradition of the chief suspect in the case.

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