Sergei Skripal

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Russian police carry opposition leader Alexei Navalny, center, from a demonstration against President Vladimir Putin in Pushkin Square in Moscow, Russia. (AP File)

NATO to have urgent meet on poisoning of Navalny

Western leaders have demanded answers from Kremlin after Berlin said there was evidence that he had been afflicted by the infamous Novichok

04 Sep 2020 2:46 PM

British security services in September named Boshirov and Alexander Petrov as suspects in the nerve agent attack on former spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia using a nerve agent called Novichok, but said these were likely to be aliases. (Photo: AP | File)

UK spy poisoning suspect part of Russian military intelligence: report

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

Speaking at an economic forum with Japan's Shinzo Abe and China's Xi Jinping in the far eastern city of Vladivostok, Putin urged the men to address the media and said there was 'nothing criminal'. 'We know who they are, we have found them,' Putin said. (Photo: File)

Two Skripal poisoning suspects are 'civilians', says Putin

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

London has accused two members of Russian military intelligence for using Novichok to try to kill former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in the southwestern English city of Salisbury. (Photo: File)

UK says Putin 'ultimately' responsible for spy poisoning

Britain has previously pointed the finger at Moscow for the March 4 attack, sparking furious denials.

06 Sep 2018 2:15 PM

Spy plot: UK names two Russian GRU men

The UK police revealed images of the two men they said had flown to Britain for a weekend in March.

06 Sep 2018 5:14 AM

It is believed that Dawn Sturgess was exposed to Novichok by handling a container, and a link to the Salisbury attack in March is a main line of investigation. (Photo: Facebook)

UK woman dies after being exposed to nerve agent Novichok

Theresa May said she was 'appalled and shocked' by the death of Dawn Sturgess, one of two people who fell ill last weekend in Amesbury.

09 Jul 2018 9:45 AM

Take the poisoning of the double agent Sergei Skripal in Salisbury or consider the latest chemical attack near Damascus in the rebel-held region of Douma. (Photo: AP)

Skripal nerve agent row: A counter-view

Double agent Sergei Skripal was swapped by Russia with the US in 2010 and sent for safekeeping to UK.

11 Apr 2018 12:40 AM

'We have told our British colleagues that 'you're playing with fire and you'll be sorry',' Russian UN Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia said during a more than 30-minute speech that attempted to poke holes in Britain's allegations against Moscow. (Photo: AP)

You’re playing with fire, you’ll be sorry: Russia to Britain at UN over spy poisoning

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

The meeting in The Hague was held on Moscow's request to discuss the Skripal poisoning while an inquiry is still ongoing. (Photo: File/AP)

Russia points fingers at Britain and US over 'grotesque' spy poisoning

British and Russian officials faced off at a closed-door meeting for the first time since the poisoning of the Skripals on March 4.

04 Apr 2018 6:55 PM

Russian President Vladimir Putin. (Photo: AP)

The ex-KGB spymaster who’s tamed the West

Mr Putin has outlasted three American Presidents and is likely to stay on even after Mr Trump departs.

20 Mar 2018 5:52 AM

Britain's foreign secretary accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of personally ordering the poisoning. Putin's spokesman denounced the claim. (Photo: AP)

Spy poisoning standoff: Russian foreign ministry summons UK envoy

Russia is expected to announce the expulsion of some British diplomats in a retaliatory measure.

17 Mar 2018 1:15 PM

May said there was ‘no alternative conclusion’ other than that the Russian state was culpable" for the attack on Skripal and his daughter, who fell ill from exposure to a substance called Novichok. (Photo: Representational/ AP)

Moscow asserts it will retaliate soon to May firing of envoys over spy poisoning

‘The British government made a choice for confrontation with Russia,’ the Russian foreign ministry said in a statement.

15 Mar 2018 12:55 PM

May said the biggest expulsions from London in 30 years would degrade Russian intelligence capabilities in Britain for years to come. (Photo: AP | File)

First in 30 years: UK expels 23 Russian diplomats over spy poisoning

Theresa May also said that UK is suspending high-level diplomatic contact with Russia over spy poisoning.

14 Mar 2018 7:02 PM

Counter-terrorism police are now leading the investigation and Britain's military research laboratory at Porton Down is trying to identify the substance which caused Skripal, 66, and his daughter to fall ill. (Photo: AP)

UK ministers to probe Russian ex-spy’s mysterious poisoning, Kremlin suspected

Britain has cautioned Russia that if the Kremlin was behind any poisoning then there will be grave consequences.

07 Mar 2018 7:27 PM

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