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 also suggested that British-based Bellingcat, whose investigators found the men by examining military records, leaked resident databases and passport files, is actually Putin gave 39-year-old Chepiga, who had served in Chechnya and Ukraine with the Spetsnaz batallion, Russia's highest bravery honour in 2014 – under his real name - suggesting that the President may know him personally. The group say he is actually Colonel Anatoliy Chepiga Ruslan Boshirov when he appeared on Russian-state TV with fellow suspect Alexander Petrov to claim they only visited Salisbury to see the famous cathedral spire Picture released by Bellingcat of Ruslan Boshirov's passport photo from 2009 with 'do not reveal information' stamped on it. The Russian embassy in London made no comment This undated image is alleged to show Chepiga posing with fellow members of the Russian military The dark star of Russia's elite special forces school: Colonel who signed up at 18, was honoured at gaudy memorial to military and then sent to kill Skripal The highly-decorated spy blamed for the Salisbury poisonings was a veteran of Russia's elite special forces and had trained at one of the country's top military academies, it emerged last night.

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Paramedic thought Sergei Skripal and his daughter had taken fentanyl overdose when he arrived on scene of Salisbury's Novichok poisonings, inquiry hears
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Paramedic thought Sergei Skripal and his daughter had taken fentanyl overdose when he arrived on scene of Salisbury's Novichok poisonings, inquiry hears

Daily Mail  

A paramedic said he thought Yulia and Sergei Skripal were suffering from a fentanyl overdose when he arrived at the scene of the Novichok poisonings in Salisbury. The former spy and his daughter are believed to have been poisoned after members of Russian military intelligence smeared the nerve agent on Mr Skripal's door handle in Wiltshire. Sergei Skripal and his …

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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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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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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Alexei Navalny death: When Putin’s critic was poisoned with ’Novichok’ in 2020
10 months, 4 weeks ago

Alexei Navalny death: When Putin’s critic was poisoned with ’Novichok’ in 2020

Live Mint  

Russian opposition leader and President Vladimir Putin's staunch critic Alexei Navalny died in one of Russia's toughest penal colonies on February 16, according to the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service. A vociferous opponent of Putin, Navalny had a close call in August 2020 when he was poisoned at the end of a trip to Siberia with a Novichok nerve agent. Narrow …

Alexei Navalny death: When Putin's critic was poisoned with 'Novichok' nerve agent in 2020
10 months, 4 weeks ago

Alexei Navalny death: When Putin's critic was poisoned with 'Novichok' nerve agent in 2020

Live Mint  

Russian opposition leader and President Vladimir Putin's staunch critic Alexei Navalny died in one of Russia's toughest penal colonies on February 16, according to the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service. A vociferous opponent of Putin, Navalny had a close call in August 2020 when he was poisoned at the end of a trip to Siberia with a Novichok nerve agent. Narrow …

Salisbury attack: Police officer poisoned with novichok felt like ‘life was being taken away slowly’
3 years, 3 months ago

Salisbury attack: Police officer poisoned with novichok felt like ‘life was being taken away slowly’

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’

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 …

Russia's mystery duo, accused in poisoning row, back in the spotlight in Czech Republic blast case
3 years, 8 months ago

Russia's mystery duo, accused in poisoning row, back in the spotlight in Czech Republic blast case

India Today  

In 2018, after former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal was found unconscious on a park bench in Salisbury, Britain said it had identified two Russian agents seen wandering through the sleepy English town. The Bellingcat investigative site, which mainly uses open-source intelligence techniques, later concluded they were agents of Russia's GRU military intelligence outfit -- and their names as aliases …

Russian suspects in the Salisbury poisoning linked to blast in Czech Republic
3 years, 8 months ago

Russian suspects in the Salisbury poisoning linked to blast in Czech Republic

CNN  

CNN — The suspects of the 2018 novichok nerve agent poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal in Salisbury, England, have been linked to a 2014 blast in the Czech Republic that killed two people. Putin has said the two men identified as suspects are “not criminals.” The UK foreign office said on Sunday: “It has been announced by the Czech …

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 …

Would you buy novichok spy Sergei Skripal's house?
3 years, 10 months ago

Would you buy novichok spy Sergei Skripal's house?

Daily Mail  

The home of former Russian spy Sergei Skripal has been bought by Wiltshire Council. The infamous four-bedroom detached house in Salisbury has been lying empty since the assassination attempt with Novichok on Mr Skripal, 69, and his daughter three years ago. Circled: The infected door handle The infamous four-bedroom detached house in Salisbury has been lying empty since the assassination …

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 …

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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‘I can no longer do the job’: Salisbury police officer poisoned by novichok quits force
4 years, 2 months ago

‘I can no longer do the job’: Salisbury police officer poisoned by novichok quits force

The Independent  

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Police Officer Poisoned by Novichok in UK Issues Cryptic Tweet on Alexey Navalny Case
4 years, 4 months ago

Police Officer Poisoned by Novichok in UK Issues Cryptic Tweet on Alexey Navalny Case

News 18  

The police officer poisoned with Novichok in the UK in March 2018 has sent a cryptic tweet about the Alexey Navalny case. Detective Sergeant Nick Bailey was hospitalized after coming into contact with the nerve agent after the attack on Russian ex-spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in Salisbury, in the south of England. The poisoning of Navalny, an …

Navalny poisoning: Police officer given Novichok in Salisbury issues cryptic tweet
4 years, 4 months ago

Navalny poisoning: Police officer given Novichok in Salisbury issues cryptic tweet

CNN  

London CNN — The police officer poisoned with Novichok in the UK in March 2018 has sent a cryptic tweet about the Alexey Navalny case. Detective Sergeant Nick Bailey was hospitalized after coming into contact with the nerve agent after the attack on Russian ex-spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in Salisbury, in the south of England. But I …

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 …

Alexei Navalny was poisoned 'using Novichok' nerve agent, says German government
4 years, 4 months ago

Alexei Navalny was poisoned 'using Novichok' nerve agent, says German government

The Telegraph  

Alexei Navalny, the Russian opposition leader and prominent Kremlin critic, was deliberately poisoned with Novichok, the German government said on Wednesday. Angela Merkel’s government said it had “unequivocal proof” Mr Navalny was targeted with the same nerve agent used in the attempted assassination of Sergei Skripal in Salisbury in 2018. “There are now serious questions that only the Russian government …

Novichok nerve agent used against Russian dissident has dark history
4 years, 4 months ago

Novichok nerve agent used against Russian dissident has dark history

LA Times  

The Russian name, in translation, sounds innocuous, even jaunty: “newcomer,” “novice” or “new boy.” But the Soviet-developed family of advanced nerve agents collectively known as Novichok is among the deadliest substances ever created by humankind. The German government on Wednesday announced “unequivocal” proof that hospitalized Russian anti-corruption crusader Alexei Navalny, who fell gravely ill Aug. 20 while aboard a domestic …

Soviet-era nerve agent Novichok found in Alexei Navalny’s system, Germany says
4 years, 4 months ago

Soviet-era nerve agent Novichok found in Alexei Navalny’s system, Germany says

LA Times  

The German government says tests performed on samples taken from Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny showed the presence of the Soviet-era nerve agent Novichok. Chancellor Angela Merkel’s spokesman, Steffen Seibert, said in a statement Wednesday that testing by a special German military laboratory had shown “proof without doubt of a chemical nerve agent from the Novichok group.” Novichok, a Soviet-era …

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 …

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 …

Grieving son of novichok victim Dawn Sturgess begs Vladimir Putin to give up the Russian hitmen
5 years, 10 months ago

Grieving son of novichok victim Dawn Sturgess begs Vladimir Putin to give up the Russian hitmen

Daily Mail  

Her son Ewan Hope called on the Russian President 'as a human being' to give his mother justice she deserves Ms Sturgess, 44, died in July and partner Charlie Rowley is suffering from exposure to the nerve agent Dawn Sturgess fell critically ill after handling bottle believed to have been used to transport the chemical The Russian novichok attack on …

Novichok victim Dawn Sturgess's parents blame UK government 'for putting Skripal in Salisbury'
5 years, 10 months ago

Novichok victim Dawn Sturgess's parents blame UK government 'for putting Skripal in Salisbury'

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 …

Salisbury novichok attack: Police will ‘never give up’ efforts to bring Russian culprits to justice, Cressida Dick says
6 years ago

Salisbury novichok attack: Police will ‘never give up’ efforts to bring Russian culprits to justice, Cressida Dick says

The Independent  

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Bellingcat’s big Russia scoop confirmed
6 years, 2 months ago

Bellingcat’s big Russia scoop confirmed

Salon  

This article was produced by the Deep State, a project of the Independent Media Institute. “Several residents of this remote hamlet located amid marshlands and deep forests in Russia’s northwestern Arkhangelsk region easily recognized him in photos Wednesday as one of two men accused by British officials of poisoning a former Russian spy.” The Mishkin story is a tale of …

Salisbury novichok attack: Russian suspect Dr Alexander Mishkin 'photographed shaking Vladimir Putin's hand'
6 years, 3 months ago

Salisbury novichok attack: Russian suspect Dr Alexander Mishkin 'photographed shaking Vladimir Putin's hand'

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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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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 …

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 …

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 …

Skripal Novichok poisoning suspect named as a Russian colonel by UK media
6 years, 3 months ago

Skripal Novichok poisoning suspect named as a Russian colonel by UK media

ABC  

The real identity of one of the men wanted by Britain for the Salisbury nerve agent attack on former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter is Anatoliy Vladimirovich Chepiga, according to media reports on Wednesday which said he was a decorated Russian colonel. Key points: UK website identifies one of the Russian agents charged with chemical attack on Skripals …

Russians in the UK feeling the cold after Novichok spy poisoning scandal
6 years, 3 months ago

Russians in the UK feeling the cold after Novichok spy poisoning scandal

ABC  

"Go back to Russia!" The offspring of Russia's wealthy have struggled to gain visas to attend a renowned Russian Debutante Ball in London, and so for the first time in five years it has been cancelled. Photo shows Two people in gas masks face each other in Salisbury Britain says it's "highly likely" Russia was involved in the poisoning of …

Salisbury Prezzo poisoning scare ‘not a hoax’, insists woman taken to hospital
6 years, 3 months ago

Salisbury Prezzo poisoning scare ‘not a hoax’, insists woman taken to hospital

The Independent  

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Salisbury novichok attack: The most implausible claims made by Russian men accused of attempted assassination of Sergei Skripal
6 years, 4 months ago

Salisbury novichok attack: The most implausible claims made by Russian men accused of attempted assassination of Sergei Skripal

The Independent  

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Skripal poisoning suspects say they were tourists in UK
6 years, 4 months ago

Skripal poisoning suspects say they were tourists in UK

Al Jazeera  

Two Russian men accused of trying to kill a former Russian spy in Salisbury deny being military intelligence officers. The men, who identified themselves as Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov, told Russian state television RT that they visited Salisbury in early March because they wanted to see the southern English town’s famous cathedral. We’ll see in the near future.” A …

Novichok poisoning: Russian men say they were in Salisbury for tourism, not to poison the Skripals
6 years, 4 months ago

Novichok poisoning: Russian men say they were in Salisbury for tourism, not to poison the Skripals

ABC  

Two Russians have appeared on state television saying they were in Salisbury in March for tourism, not to murder a former Russian spy and his daughter. Key points: Two men resembling the suspects appeared on Russian TV claiming to be businessmen They said they visited Salisbury as tourists and were victims of 'a fantastical coincidence' They appeared on Russian state …

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