Report says Chepiga is highly-decorated GRU officer with rank of colonel, who assumed identify of Ruslan Boshirov for undercover mission.
27 Sep 2018 1:06 PM
The British government has said Putin is ultimately responsible for the attack, a claim the Kremlin has strongly denied.
12 Sep 2018 1:49 PM
Britain has previously pointed the finger at Moscow for the March 4 attack, sparking furious denials.
06 Sep 2018 2:15 PM
The pair, both in their 40s, were initially believed to have taken heroin or crack cocaine from a contaminated batch of drugs.
04 Jul 2018 6:13 PM
Putin will meet Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen as well as Kurz on Tuesday.
05 Jun 2018 10:31 AM
It was the second showdown between Russia and Britain at the world body since the March 4 nerve agent attack.
06 Apr 2018 3:20 PM
UK and its allies say Russia was behind the poisoning of Skripal and his daughter, who remain in a critical condition in Salisbury.
22 Mar 2018 10:12 AM
Putin has promised to use his new term to beef up Russia’s defences against the West and to raise living standards.
19 Mar 2018 10:14 AM
Putin is standing against 7 other candidates, including millionaire communist Pavel Grudinin, but none are polling more than 8 per cent.
18 Mar 2018 8:32 AM
Russia is expected to announce the expulsion of some British diplomats in a retaliatory measure.
17 Mar 2018 1:15 PM