Putin describes ex-Russian spy poisoned in Britain as ‘scum’ who betrayed his homeland
6 years, 3 months ago

Putin describes ex-Russian spy poisoned in Britain as ‘scum’ who betrayed his homeland

LA Times  

Sergei Skripal, the former Russian spy who was poisoned in Britain with a Soviet-made nerve agent, is a “traitor” and “scum,” Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday. He is just scum, and that’s it.” Skripal, 67, a former Russian military intelligence officer, and his daughter, Yulia, 33, were found slumped over on a bench in March near his home in Salisbury, England. Putin’s comments Wednesday came amid media reports detailing connections between the two men accused of poisoning the Skripals and Russia’s military intelligence agency. And on Sept. 12, Putin told reporters at an economic summit in Russia’s far east that the Russian government had identified the men as “civilians” who would soon reveal themselves publicly.

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Russian general killed in Moscow scooter blast by Ukrainian agents
4 weeks, 1 day ago

Russian general killed in Moscow scooter blast by Ukrainian agents

The Independent  

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Salisbury poisoning suspect included in new sanctions against Russia
2 months, 1 week ago

Salisbury poisoning suspect included in new sanctions against Russia

The Independent  

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Sergei Skripal told neighbour he feared Putin would ‘get him’ if he returned to Russia, inquiry hears
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Sergei Skripal told neighbour he feared Putin would ‘get him’ if he returned to Russia, inquiry hears

The Independent  

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Salisbury poisonings could be an ‘act of war’, thought former counter terrorism chief
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Salisbury poisonings could be an ‘act of war’, thought former counter terrorism chief

The Independent  

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Chilling moment ex-Russian spy hands bread to a child after being poisoned by Novichok: Never-before-seen CCTV shows Skripals strolling around Salisbury - unaware they'd been exposed to deadly nerve a
3 months ago

Chilling moment ex-Russian spy hands bread to a child after being poisoned by Novichok: Never-before-seen CCTV shows Skripals strolling around Salisbury - unaware they'd been exposed to deadly nerve a

Daily Mail  

Never-before-seen CCTV footage of the Salisbury Novichok attack reveals the moment a former Russian spy innocently handed bread to a child after being poisoned with the deadly nerve agent. CCTV shows former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia happily strolling around Salisbury on March 4, 2018 - utterly unaware they had been poisoned with Novichok. This image was …

Vladimir Putin ordered Novichok attack on my life, Salisbury victim Sergei Skripal tells Dawn Sturgess inquiry
3 months ago

Vladimir Putin ordered Novichok attack on my life, Salisbury victim Sergei Skripal tells Dawn Sturgess inquiry

The Independent  

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For decades, Moscow has sought to silence its critics abroad
8 months, 1 week ago

For decades, Moscow has sought to silence its critics abroad

Associated Press  

From its earliest days, the Soviet Union’s intelligence services — whether known as the Cheka or by the names of any of its successor agencies like the KGB — kept the government in power by pursuing its opponents no matter where they lived. Security expert Andrei Soldatov said the work of the Kremlin’s intelligence services, then and now, has been …

For decades, Moscow has sought to silence its critics abroad
8 months, 1 week ago

For decades, Moscow has sought to silence its critics abroad

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Vladimir Putin could target UK again with novichok-style attack, warns Grant Shapps
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Vladimir Putin could target UK again with novichok-style attack, warns Grant Shapps

The Independent  

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Nerve agents, poison and window falls. Kremlin foes have been attacked or killed over the years
10 months, 4 weeks ago

Nerve agents, poison and window falls. Kremlin foes have been attacked or killed over the years

Associated Press  

TALLINN, Estonia — The attacks range from the exotic — poisoned by drinking polonium-laced tea or touching a deadly nerve agent — to the more mundane of getting shot at close range. On Friday, Russian authorities said President Vladimir Putin’s key political challenger, Alexei Navalny, died in an Arctic prison colony. Politkovskaya, the journalist for the newspaper Novaya Gazeta whose …

Nerve agents, poison and window falls. Over the years, Kremlin foes have been attacked or killed
1 year, 4 months ago

Nerve agents, poison and window falls. Over the years, Kremlin foes have been attacked or killed

Associated Press  

TALLINN, Estonia — The attacks range from the exotic — poisoned by drinking polonium-laced tea or touching a deadly nerve agent — to the more mundane of getting shot at close range. Anna Politkovskaya, the journalist for the newspaper Novaya Gazeta whose death Litvinenko was investigating, was shot and killed in the elevator of her Moscow apartment building on Oct. …

Nerve agents, poison and window falls. Over the years, Kremlin foes have been attacked or killed
1 year, 4 months ago

Nerve agents, poison and window falls. Over the years, Kremlin foes have been attacked or killed

The Independent  

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Russia tried to kill ‘CIA informant’ in Florida, report says
1 year, 6 months ago

Russia tried to kill ‘CIA informant’ in Florida, report says

The Independent  

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Death of Oligarchs, Putin Critics Outside Russia Shows KGB's Ability to Reach Beyond Borders
2 years ago

Death of Oligarchs, Putin Critics Outside Russia Shows KGB's Ability to Reach Beyond Borders

News 18  

The death of Russian sausage tycoon Pavel Antov at a luxury hotel in Odisha on Friday along with another Russian has led to several speculations. Western countries claim that Russia operates like a deep-state and even though the Soviet security agency, the Komitet gosudarstvennoy bezopasnosti aka KGB has been replaced by the Federal’naya sluzhba bezopasnosti Rossiyskoy Federatsii aka the FSB, …

Putin Could Be Poisoned Claims Ukrainian Intelligence, Says Potential Successor Lined Up
2 years, 9 months ago

Putin Could Be Poisoned Claims Ukrainian Intelligence, Says Potential Successor Lined Up

News 18  

Russian president Vladimir Putin may have lost the backing of Russia’s elite who may be hatching plans to take him down due to the war on Ukraine, UK-based news agency Daily Mail. The Daily Mail attributing Ukrainian intelligence officials said that Putin could be taken out either by poisoning, sudden disease or any other coincidence. The report by Daily Mail …

Russian spy chiefs ‘under house arrest’ as Putin blames them for Ukraine setbacks
2 years, 10 months ago

Russian spy chiefs ‘under house arrest’ as Putin blames them for Ukraine setbacks

The Independent  

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Russian spy chief said British Skripal move was ‘distraction from shameful Afghan exit’
3 years, 3 months ago

Russian spy chief said British Skripal move was ‘distraction from shameful Afghan exit’

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Salisbury attack: Foreign secretary silent on poisoning of Sergei Skripal at meeting with Russian counterpart
3 years, 3 months ago

Salisbury attack: Foreign secretary silent on poisoning of Sergei Skripal at meeting with Russian counterpart

The Independent  

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Salisbury attack: Denis Sergeev named as ‘third man’ responsible as UK police authorise charges
3 years, 3 months ago

Salisbury attack: Denis Sergeev named as ‘third man’ responsible as UK police authorise charges

The Independent  

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Denis Sergeev: Who is the ‘third man’ wanted over Salisbury poisonings?
3 years, 3 months ago

Denis Sergeev: Who is the ‘third man’ wanted over Salisbury poisonings?

The Independent  

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Alexander Litvinenko killing: Russia responsible for assassination, European court rules
3 years, 3 months ago

Alexander Litvinenko killing: Russia responsible for assassination, European court rules

CNN  

CNN — Russia was responsible for killing Alexander Litvinenko, a former Russian agent turned Kremlin critic who died in London by polonium poisoning in 2006, the European Court of Human Rights said Tuesday. The ruling found that “Russia was responsible for assassination of Aleksandr Litvinenko in the UK.” “The Court found in particular that there was a strong prima facie …

U.K. police charge 3rd Russian in poisoning of ex-spy
3 years, 3 months ago

U.K. police charge 3rd Russian in poisoning of ex-spy

LA Times  

Police officers stand outside the house of former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal in 2018. British police said Tuesday they are charging a third Russian suspect in the 2018 nerve agent attack on a former Russian agent in England. Former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter, Yulia, were targeted in a nerve agent attack in March 2018 in Salisbury, …

Germany arrests British diplomat suspected of spying for Russia
3 years, 5 months ago

Germany arrests British diplomat suspected of spying for Russia

Al Jazeera  

German authorities say the man is suspected of passing documents to Russian intelligence in exchange for cash. German police have arrested a British national who worked at the United Kingdom’s embassy in Berlin on suspicion of passing documents to the Russian intelligence service in exchange for cash, according to prosecutors. British police confirmed in a statement that the 57-year-old man …

Russian agents spied on Sergei and Yulia Skripal FIVE YEARS before Salisbury attack, coroner is told
3 years, 9 months ago

Russian agents spied on Sergei and Yulia Skripal FIVE YEARS before Salisbury attack, coroner is told

Daily Mail  

Russian agents spied on Sergei and Yulia Skripal five years before the Salisbury Novichok poisoning, a pre-inquest review has heard. The movements of two intelligence officers - who used the aliases Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov - will be investigated during the probe into the death of Dawn Sturgess, Coroner Baroness Hallett said. The 2013 movements of two intelligence officers …

‘The Resident’, his wife and piles of cash: How a Russian spy ring stole NATO and EU secrets from Bulgaria
3 years, 9 months ago

‘The Resident’, his wife and piles of cash: How a Russian spy ring stole NATO and EU secrets from Bulgaria

CNN  

CNN — Secretly shot video tells the story of an alleged spy ring at work in Bulgaria’s capital. Prosecutors alleged that the group “posed a serious threat to national security by collecting and handing to a foreign country state secrets of Bulgaria, NATO and the European Union.” They also released a memo allegedly written by the group’s leader, in a …

Novichok nerve agent allegedly placed in underwear of poisoned Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny
4 years ago

Novichok nerve agent allegedly placed in underwear of poisoned Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny

ABC  

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has released a recording of a phone call he says he made to a Russian state security operative, claiming he tricked the agent into disclosing details of a botched plot to kill him by placing poison in his underpants. Key points: Mr Navalny says he posed as a Russian Security Council aide on the call …

Russian intelligence agents reported to be behind Navalny poisoning
4 years, 1 month ago

Russian intelligence agents reported to be behind Navalny poisoning

The Telegraph  

Several members of a Russian elite intelligence unit trailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny for days before he was poisoned with a deadly nerve agent in August, a joint investigation by forensic intelligence group Bellingcat and several media outlets revealed on Monday. He described the botched poisoning as Mr Putin’s “personal plan and his personal failure.” Phone records, flight manifests and …

Sergei Skripal requires live-in nurse after novichok attack, says daughter
4 years, 1 month ago

Sergei Skripal requires live-in nurse after novichok attack, says daughter

The Independent  

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German Government says Vladimir Putin opponent Alexei Navalny 'without doubt' poisoned by Novichok nerve agent
4 years, 4 months ago

German Government says Vladimir Putin opponent Alexei Navalny 'without doubt' poisoned by Novichok nerve agent

ABC  

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was "without doubt" poisoned by Novichok nerve agent, the German Government says. Key points: Vladimir Putin critic Alexei Navalny fell seriously ill on August 20 during a flight from Siberia to Moscow Russian doctors initially said there was no evidence of poisoning, but German tests say he was poisoned Mr Navalny remains in an induced …

Russian Opposition leader Alexei Navalny poisoned by nerve agent Novichok: Germany
4 years, 4 months ago

Russian Opposition leader Alexei Navalny poisoned by nerve agent Novichok: Germany

The Hindu  

Tests carried out on Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny showed that he was poisoned by a Novichok chemical nerve agent, the German government said on September 2, demanding explanations from Moscow. “It is a shocking event that Alexei Navalny has become the victim of an attack with a chemical nerve agent in Russia,” said government spokesman Steffen Seibert in a …

Alexei Navalny Was Poisoned With Novichok Nerve Agent 'To Silence Him,' Merkel Says
4 years, 4 months ago

Alexei Navalny Was Poisoned With Novichok Nerve Agent 'To Silence Him,' Merkel Says

NPR  

Alexei Navalny Was Poisoned With Novichok Nerve Agent 'To Silence Him,' Merkel Says Enlarge this image toggle caption Christoph Soeder/dpa/picture alliance via Getty Images Christoph Soeder/dpa/picture alliance via Getty Images Updated at 2 p.m. ET Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny was poisoned with a variant of Novichok, a Soviet-era nerve agent, according to tests carried out by a German military …

Nerve agent Novichok found in Russia’s Alexey Navalny: Germany
4 years, 4 months ago

Nerve agent Novichok found in Russia’s Alexey Navalny: Germany

Al Jazeera  

Novichok, a Soviet-era chemical weapon, was used to poison former Russian spy Sergei Skripal in the United Kingdom. Tests performed on samples taken from prominent Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny showed the presence of the Soviet-era nerve agent Novichok, the German government said. Chancellor Angela Merkel’s spokesman, Steffen Seibert, said in a statement on Wednesday testing by a special German …

A suspected poisoning renews focus on threats faced by Putin’s opponents
4 years, 4 months ago

A suspected poisoning renews focus on threats faced by Putin’s opponents

CNN  

CNN — Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny has long acknowledged the risks of confronting the Kremlin: The anti-corruption campaigner has been repeatedly jailed and spent long stretches in custody for organizing political protests. Family photo/Pixel 8000 Ltd Before Navalny’s rise to prominence, the most visible leader of the Russian opposition was Boris Nemtsov, a former deputy prime minister. But the …

For Russian intelligence, poison has long been a weapon of choice
4 years, 4 months ago

For Russian intelligence, poison has long been a weapon of choice

LA Times  

Russia’s most prominent opposition figure, Alexei Navalny, is hardly the first foe of President Vladimir Putin to suddenly suffer a life-threatening medical emergency, or a lethal one, under suspicious circumstances. Putin critics such as Bill Browder — the U.S.-British businessman who has spearheaded international Magnitsky Act legislation to help foreign governments target oligarchs after Russian whistleblower lawyer Sergei Magnitsky died …

UK asks for information two years after Salisbury poisoning
4 years, 7 months ago

UK asks for information two years after Salisbury poisoning

Al Jazeera  

Police appeal for more information about chemical weapons attack that nearly killed double agent Sergei Skripal in 2018. British counterterrorism police have appealed for more information about a chemical weapons attack that nearly killed Russian-born double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter two years ago. What you need to know Britain blames the 2018 attack on two Russian security service …

Vladimir Putin 'likely' approved of Salisbury Novichok attack
5 years, 5 months ago

Vladimir Putin 'likely' approved of Salisbury Novichok attack

Daily Mail  

Vladimir Putin is 'likely' to have approved of the Novichok attack in Salisbury, it has been revealed. A pair of Russian assassins travelled to Salisbury in March 2018 in an attempt to kill former spy turned double agent Sergei Skripal with military-grade nerve gas. Scroll down for video The attempted assassination of Sergei Skripal in Salisbury, Wiltshire, on March 4 …

One year on, the Skripal poisoning case is still riddled with questions that no one wants to answer
5 years, 10 months ago

One year on, the Skripal poisoning case is still riddled with questions that no one wants to answer

The Independent  

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Salisbury poisonings: Third Russian linked to UK and Catalonia visits before key votes, report claims
5 years, 11 months ago

Salisbury poisonings: Third Russian linked to UK and Catalonia visits before key votes, report claims

CNN  

CNN — New details have emerged about a third Russian linked to the 2018 Salisbury poisonings by the investigative website Bellingcat. Cross-checking multiple travel record databases provided by whistleblowers, including flight bookings and border crossings, Bellingcat’s information shows Fedotov spent six days in the UK at the end of March 2016. Family photo/Pixel 8000 Ltd Sensitive time in UK CNN …

EU sanctions Skripal suspects, Russia threatens retaliation
5 years, 11 months ago

EU sanctions Skripal suspects, Russia threatens retaliation

CNN  

Moscow CNN — Russia has threatened “retaliatory measures” after the European Union slapped sanctions on senior members of its intelligence agency, the GRU. Announced Monday, the sanctions target four people over last year’s poisoning of ex-Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in the UK. “Today’s new sanctions deliver on our vow to take tough action against the …

UK assesses Putin approved Skripal attack that endangered thousands - intel officials
6 years, 1 month ago

UK assesses Putin approved Skripal attack that endangered thousands - intel officials

CNN  

CNN — The UK has assessed that the brazenness of the attacks that killed one Briton and sickened a former Russian spy and his daughter — including the amount of nerve agent used — point to approval by Russian President Vladimir Putin himself, two officials familiar with the matter told CNN. “What that actually means, we can have a good …

Alexander Mishkin: Everything we know about second Russian allegedly behind nerve agent attack in Salisbury
6 years, 3 months ago

Alexander Mishkin: Everything we know about second Russian allegedly behind nerve agent attack in Salisbury

The Independent  

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Salisbury novichok attack: Second suspect in Skripal poisoning identified as Russian doctor Alexander Mishkin
6 years, 3 months ago

Salisbury novichok attack: Second suspect in Skripal poisoning identified as Russian doctor Alexander Mishkin

The Independent  

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Britain accuses Russia of allegedly directing a host of cyber attacks globally
6 years, 3 months ago

Britain accuses Russia of allegedly directing a host of cyber attacks globally

Firstpost  

Britain accused Russian military intelligence on 4 October of directing a host of cyber attacks aimed at undermining Western democracies by sowing confusion in everything from the 2016 US presidential election to the global chemical weapons watchdog. British Prime Minister Theresa May has said GRU officers used a nerve agent to try to kill former double agent Sergei Skripal, who …

UK accuses ‘pariah state’ Russia of global hacking campaign
6 years, 3 months ago

UK accuses ‘pariah state’ Russia of global hacking campaign

Al Jazeera  

Britain’s Secretary of State for Defence Gavin Williamson has called Russia a “pariah state” after London accused Kremlin spies of mounting a campaign of cyber attacks on civilian bodies around the world. Cyber experts from the United Kingdom identified operatives from Russia’s GRU military intelligence to be behind a string of high-profile incidents, including an attempted hack on the World …

Putin lashes out at 'traitor' ex-spy Sergei Skripal, denies involvement in poisoning
6 years, 3 months ago

Putin lashes out at 'traitor' ex-spy Sergei Skripal, denies involvement in poisoning

ABC  

Russian President Vladimir Putin has called Sergei Skripal, the former spy poisoned with a deadly nerve agent in Britain, a "scumbag" and a "traitor to the motherland". Key points: Mr Putin has not previously lashed out at Mr Skripal The Russian leader said his country had no reason to poison the double agent Britain says the attack was carried out …

Putin calls poisoned ex-spy “scumbag,” traitor
6 years, 3 months ago

Putin calls poisoned ex-spy “scumbag,” traitor

Associated Press  

MOSCOW — With a contemptuous grin, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday called a former double agent who was sickened by a military grade nerve agent in Britain a traitor and “scumbag” — but dismissed the idea that Russia would target him in a poison attack. He’s just a scumbag.” Putin reiterated that Russia had no reason to attack Skripal, …

Vladimir Putin: Sergei Skripal is a scumbag and traitor who betrayed Russia
6 years, 3 months ago

Vladimir Putin: Sergei Skripal is a scumbag and traitor who betrayed Russia

CNN  

Moscow CNN — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday dismissed the furor over the Salisbury nerve-agent poisoning, calling former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal a “traitor” and a “scumbag” and suggesting the incident was being “artificially blown up” by the media. He’s just a scumbag, that’s all.” Putin said that the Salisbury affair “is being artificially … blown up” by …

Novichok assassin's former chief claims he wasn't trained for spy missions
6 years, 3 months ago

Novichok assassin's former chief claims he wasn't trained for spy missions

Daily Mail  

The former commander of the Russian assassin accused of carrying out the Salisbury novichok attack has admitted he was military trained, but not for spy missions. The Kremlin's media machine has gone into overdrive since investigators revealed one of the two Russians behind the attack is a Colonel Anatoly Chepiga - a high ranking GRU officer who was made a …

Security chiefs identify a third Novichok suspect
6 years, 3 months ago

Security chiefs identify a third Novichok suspect

Daily Mail  

A 'third man' was probably sent to Salisbury to scope out Sergei Skripal's home ahead of the devastating novichok attack, it emerged today. Last night suspect Boshirov was outed as Anatoly Chepiga, a colonel in Putin's feared special forces army who the President personally made a 'Hero of Russia' for missions in Chechnya and Ukraine. The Russian Embassy in London …

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