Natasha Chouvaeva, editor of the London Courier, the top-selling Russian newspaper in the UK, backs the British government in its efforts to try the alleged killer of Alexander Litvinenko, writes Stefan Wagstyl.

"Russians who are living here want to stop this kind of criminal activity happening in future. Even if in the short term the political dispute makes relations between Russians and British people worse, it's a risk worth taking," says Ms Chouvaeva, who founded the paper with her husband in 1991.

Ms Chouvaeva says that many of the estimated 500,000 Russian-speaking people from the former Soviet Union living in Britain share her views. "We like your values, your traditions, your education system and your laws. We want to see all this protected."

Ms Chouvaeva says while a handful of business oligarchs make headlines, many Russians work in a range of jobs - from labourers to specialists in creative design, insurance and banking.

They want to adopt the British way of life but they are "more entrepreneurial" than the average Briton, says Ms Chouvaeva.

As well as editing the London Courier, which comes out twice a month with a circulation of 12,000, Ms Chouvaeva runs a glossy magazine called RussianUK and a website.