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Police officer fights tears as he describes horror of being poisoned by Novichok to Salisbury inquiry
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Police officer fights tears as he describes horror of being poisoned by Novichok to Salisbury inquiry

Daily Mail  

A police officer held back tears as he recalled being nearly killed in the Salisbury poisonings. Father-of-two Mr Bailey spent a fortnight critically ill in hospital after being among the first on the scene in Salisbury City Centre on March 4 2018 when former Russian spy Mr Skripal and his daughter Yulia were poisoned after coming into contact with the …

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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
1 month, 3 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 …

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Sergei Skripal told neighbour he feared Putin would ‘get him’ if he returned to Russia, inquiry hears
1 month, 3 weeks ago

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

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Sergei Skripal’s former next-door neighbour has told a public inquiry …

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Police still hunting for killer of exiled Putin critic four years after he was strangled with a dog lead at his home in suburban west London in 'Kremlin-backed' hit
2 months ago

Police still hunting for killer of exiled Putin critic four years after he was strangled with a dog lead at his home in suburban west London in 'Kremlin-backed' hit

Daily Mail  

Detectives are still without a clear suspect for the murder of a Russian businessman strangled to death just weeks after the Salisbury poisonings. Nikolai Glushkov, 68, was living in exile in Britain having served time in Russia for blowing the whistle on corruption at state run airline Aeroflot, where he was deputy director He was given asylum here and feared …

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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
2 months, 1 week 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 …

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Vladimir Putin ordered Novichok attack on my life, Salisbury victim Sergei Skripal tells Dawn Sturgess inquiry
2 months, 1 week ago

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

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Salisbury poisoning victim Sergei Skripal believes Vladimir Putin personally ordered …

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British Novichok victim’s family told ‘do not touch her coffin’, inquiry hears
2 months, 1 week ago

British Novichok victim’s family told ‘do not touch her coffin’, inquiry hears

The Independent  

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Novichok perfume bottle contained enough poison to kill thousands, inquiry told
2 months, 1 week ago

Novichok perfume bottle contained enough poison to kill thousands, inquiry told

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. When Ms Sturgess was poisoned by Novichok four months …

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Russia can’t fight NATO on the battlefield – so it’s waging a hybrid war instead
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Russia can’t fight NATO on the battlefield – so it’s waging a hybrid war instead

CNN  

CNN — When someone tried – and failed – to burn down a bus garage in Prague earlier this month, the unsuccessful arson attack didn’t draw much attention. “These hybrid operations are part of Russia’s war effort to weaken Western resolve to support Ukraine and undermine unity within the West,” she said, warning that in the long term, Russia might …

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US accuses Russia of using chemical weapons in Ukraine war
7 months, 3 weeks ago

US accuses Russia of using chemical weapons in Ukraine war

Al Jazeera  

Washington says Moscow breached global ban on chemical weapons with use of chloropicrin and tear gas. The United States has accused Russia of breaching the global ban on chemical weapons by using the choking agent chloropicrin against Ukrainian soldiers and deploying riot control agents “as a method of warfare” in Ukraine. “The use of such chemicals is not an isolated …

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Russian GRU spies behind 2018 Salisbury poisonings also destroyed Czech ammo stores killing two in 2014 blasts having used same fake names for the covert operation, probe finds
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Russian GRU spies behind 2018 Salisbury poisonings also destroyed Czech ammo stores killing two in 2014 blasts having used same fake names for the covert operation, probe finds

Daily Mail  

The same Russian spy unit behind the 2018 Salisbury poisonings was behind two deadly ammunition depot blasts in the Czech Republic, an investigation has found. The same Russian spy unit behind the 2018 Salisbury poisonings was behind two deadly ammunition depot blasts in the Czech Republic, an investigation has found Czech intelligence and media said the agents were the same …

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Vladimir Putin could target UK again with novichok-style attack, warns Grant Shapps
9 months, 4 weeks ago

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

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Vladimir Putin could target the …

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Alexei Navalny death: When Putin’s critic was poisoned with ’Novichok’ in 2020
10 months, 1 week 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 …

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Alexei Navalny death: When Putin's critic was poisoned with 'Novichok' nerve agent in 2020
10 months, 1 week 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 …

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What really happened in Salisbury?
3 years ago

What really happened in Salisbury?

The Independent  

World famous for its magnificent early English Gothic cathedral and beautiful medieval centre, Salisbury is the epitome of a quiet, historic English city. Salisbury is fairly sleepy.” open image in gallery Former Russian spy Sergei Skripal buying groceries at the Bargain Stop convenience store in Salisbury The consultant, who along with many other notable interviewees – including Bailey and Rowley …

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NATO expels eight ‘intelligence officers’ from Russian mission
3 years, 2 months ago

NATO expels eight ‘intelligence officers’ from Russian mission

Al Jazeera  

Expulsion follows report that Russian spies linked to fatal explosions in Czech Republic in 2014 also implicated in the Skripal poisoning. NATO has expelled eight members of Russia’s mission to the alliance it said were “undeclared Russian intelligence officers”, a NATO official said, in a further deterioration of ties between western countries and Russia reminiscent of the Cold War. The …

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Salisbury attack: Police officer poisoned with novichok felt like ‘life was being taken away slowly’
3 years, 2 months ago

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

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Getty Skripal attack aftermath – in pictures Theresa May visits …

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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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Russia Fatally Poisoned A Prominent Defector In London, A Court Concludes
3 years, 3 months ago

Russia Fatally Poisoned A Prominent Defector In London, A Court Concludes

NPR  

Russia Fatally Poisoned A Prominent Defector In London, A Court Concludes Enlarge this image toggle caption Alistair Fuller/AP Alistair Fuller/AP The European Court of Human Rights has found the Kremlin responsible for the 2006 assassination by radiation poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko, a former Russian intelligence official who defected to the West. Meanwhile, British police said Tuesday that they have identified …

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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 …

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Russian agents spied on Sergei and Yulia Skripal FIVE YEARS before Salisbury attack, coroner is told
3 years, 8 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 …

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Would you buy novichok spy Sergei Skripal's house?
3 years, 9 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 …

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Boyfriend of Salisbury poisoning victim Yulia Skripal vanished after the attack, a friend claims
3 years, 9 months ago

Boyfriend of Salisbury poisoning victim Yulia Skripal vanished after the attack, a friend claims

Daily Mail  

The mysterious boyfriend of Salisbury attack victim Yulia Skripal disappeared after the murder plot and has not been seen for three years, a source claims. Allegations that Stepan Vikeev had been involved with the Russian secret services arose after he vanished after his girlfriend Miss Skripal and her double agent father Sergei Skripal, 68, were poisoned with a Russian nerve …

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Russia likely used Novichok to send Alexei Navalny and Kremlin critics a message, experts say
4 years, 3 months ago

Russia likely used Novichok to send Alexei Navalny and Kremlin critics a message, experts say

ABC  

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is one of the Kremlin's biggest dissidents — a thorn in President Vladimir Putin's side for more than a decade. Dr Nourzhanov said one of Moscow's arguments was that Novichok was an obviously identifiable poison, and its use was therefore chosen "deliberately" in order to blame Russia. Mr Navalny is an anti-corruption campaigner who has …

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