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Sat 04 Apr 2007Russia demands extraditionof BerezovskyRUSSIA:Russia demanded the immediate extradition from Britain of exiled oligarch Boris Berezovsky last night after he called for a revolution to oust president Vladimir Putin.The comments from one of Mr Putin's arch-critics and the former employer of poisoned ex-KGB officer Alexander Litvinenko came just ahead of a flashpoint rally today in Moscow by dissidents.