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April 26, 2018
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The Hill
April 26, 2018
The White House announced the expulsion of 60 Russian officials last month in response to the attempted poisoning of Sergei Skripal, an ex-Russian spy living in Britain, and his daughter. The U.K., Germany, France and other European nations also blamed the attack on Moscow and expelled RussianÃâà...
Patheos (blog)
April 17, 2018
Trump has claimed repeatedly that he has no business dealings in Russia, which may be technically true but it's not for a lack of trying. We know he tried for years to get a Trump hotel built in Moscow, and Buzzfeed reports that a former Russian spy helped him on that deal while the 2016 campaign wasÃâà...
BBC News
April 17, 2018
The nerve agent used to poison former spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia was delivered "in a liquid form", the Department for Environment says. The pair were discovered unconscious on a bench in Salisbury on 4 March. A massive clean-up operation is beginning to decontaminate nine sites in theÃâà...
BBC News
April 17, 2018
The nerve agent used to poison former spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia was delivered "in a liquid form", the Department for Environment says. Only "a very small amount" was used on the pair, who were found unconscious on a bench in Salisbury on 4 March. A massive clean-up operation isÃâà...
BBC News
April 16, 2018
Jeremy Corbyn wants to see "incontrovertible evidence" before blaming Russia for the poisoning of an ex-spy and his daughter in Salisbury. The Labour leader said it was "clear" the nerve agent used was "very similar" to those made in Russia - and Moscow should be challenged about this - but "absolute"Ãâà...
Macleans.ca
April 16, 2018
As allegations arose of outside meddling in the past U.S. election, Canadian spies prepared to warn their politicians that the north of the border is not immune to external interference, and in their hallways of power, too, the smell of foreign spooks lurk. Russia and China could be trying to influence you,Ãâà...
The Straits Times
April 15, 2018
LONDON • Russia has been researching the application of chemical agents to door handles as a way to assassinate its enemies and has been training personnel "from special units" to carry out such attacks, said Mr Mark Sedwill, Britain's national security adviser. Mr Sedwill sent a letter to theÃâà...
BuzzFeed News
April 14, 2018
A former Russian spy helped Donald Trump's business team seek financing for a Trump-branded tower in the heart of Moscow during the 2016 presidential campaign, according to two sources familiar with the matter. This connection between Trump and Russian intelligence — made public here for the firstÃâà...
BBC News
April 8, 2018
A bitter row has broken out between Labour and the Conservatives over their language and response to the nerve agent attack in Salisbury. Boris Johnson accused Jeremy Corbyn of refusing to "unequivocally" blame the Russian state, describing him as "the Kremlin's useful idiot". But Labour said MrÃâà...
BBC News
April 7, 2018
The Foreign Office has described a Russian request for a meeting with Boris Johnson on the Salisbury poisoning as a "diversionary tactic". The Foreign Office said Russia's response had been "unsatisfactory", as it had been three weeks since Russia was asked to "engage constructively". The RussianÃâà...
The Atlantic
April 6, 2018
A Suspected Russian Spy, With Curious Ties to Washington. A longtime Republican operative has been in contact with a suspected Russian intelligence agent for nearly two decades. What does it mean for Robert Mueller's investigation? Leah Millis / ReutersÃâà...
ABC News
April 6, 2018
The conditions of an ex-Russian spy and his daughter are improving after the two were poisoned by nerve agent in England last month, according to the hospital treating them. Interested in Russia Investigation? Add Russia Investigation as an interest to stay up to date on the latest Russia InvestigationÃâà...
BBC News
April 6, 2018
Russian former spy Sergei Skripal is no longer in a critical condition after being poisoned by a nerve agent, doctors have said. Salisbury District Hospital said Mr Skripal is responding well to treatment and "improving rapidly". Mr Skripal, 66, and his daughter Yulia, 33, have been in hospital for more than aÃâà...
Aljazeera.com
April 5, 2018
The woman at the centre of a spy poisoning row that has caused the worst diplomatic crisis between Russia and the West since the Cold War has spoken out for the first time. Yulia Skripal, who was poisoned alongside her former spy father, Sergei, in southern England last month, called the whole episodeÃâà...
BBC News
April 4, 2018
Russia's proposal for a new, joint investigation into the poisoning of an ex-spy and his daughter in England has been voted down at the international chemical weapons watchdog at The Hague. Russia has accused Britain of blocking access to an investigation being carried out by the Organization for theÃâà...
UPROXX
April 3, 2018
International fallout continues more than a month after the poisoning of an ex-Russian spy, Sergei Skripal, and his daughter, Yulia, on U.K. soil. A joint statement from British, U.S., French, and German leaders condemned the attack, and diplomats are being expelled from all involved ends. All the whileÃâà...
KUOW News and Information
April 3, 2018
FBI Surveillance photo of Michael Zottoli (right) and Richard Murphy (left) at Columbus Circle, New York in 2004. Both were members of 'Operation Ghost Stories.' Michael and his wife Patricia Mills were stationed in Seattle in the early 2000s. Photo Courtesy of FBI RecordsÃâà...
NEWS.com.au
April 3, 2018
Poisoned daughter of former Russian spy, Yulia Skripal, had 'secret bank account', revealed relative. A RELATIVE of the poisoned former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter has revealed details about a secret bank account and the suspicious death of another close family member.
BBC News
April 3, 2018
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has accused the UK and Western partners of playing "children's games" in their response to the poisoning of ex-spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter. He accused countries of "disregarding all accepted behaviour" and resorting to "open lies and disinformation".
9news.com.au
April 2, 2018
Two Russian spies have left the country after being given their marching orders from the Australian government in a show of solidarity over the poisoning of a former spy in the United Kingdom. Foreign Minister Julie Bishop last week gave two "undeclared intelligence officers" seven days to depart.
TVNZ
April 2, 2018
Two Russian spies have left the country after being given their marching orders from the Australian government in a show of solidarity over the poisoning of a former ... Australia expelled the pair after the UK, US and European allies lined up to boot out alleged Russian spies following the nerve agent attack on former doubleÃâà...
9news.com.au
April 2, 2018
Two "undeclared" Russian intelligence officers have been farewelled by members of the Canberra Russian embassy following their expulsion by Malcolm Turnbull. The spies are understood to have been boarding a flight from Canberra to Moscow, in what marks the first expulsion of Russian officers sinceÃâà...
The Australian Financial Review
April 2, 2018
Foreign Affairs Minister Julie Bishop, pictured with Russian ambassador to Australia Grigory Logvinov last Wednesday, said the Russian Embassy staff had complied with the deadline and left the country. Alex Ellinghausen. by. Two Russian spies have left the country after being given their marching ordersÃâà...
Washington Examiner
April 2, 2018
So here are a few more pieces of information about the case of Rick Gates and the Russian spy: The "Russian intelligence official" mentioned by CNN is thought to be a man named Konstantin Kilimnik. If you want to know more about him, read an August 2016 article by Kenneth Vogel, then with Politico,Ãâà...
BBC News
April 1, 2018
A request by the Russian Embassy to visit Yulia Skripal in hospital is being considered by the UK government. The UK holds Russia responsible for the poisoning of Ms Skripal and her father, ex-spy Sergei Skripal, by a nerve agent in Salisbury on 4 March. The Russian Embassy in London says it "insistsÃâà...
BBC News
March 29, 2018
Yulia Skripal, the daughter of ex-spy Sergei Skripal, is improving rapidly and no longer in a critical condition, says the hospital treating her. She and her father were admitted nearly four weeks ago after being exposed to a nerve agent in Salisbury. The BBC understands from separate sources that Ms SkripalÃâà...
Seattle Times
March 28, 2018
The closure of the Seattle consulate — which leaves only three remaining in the country, none on the West Coast — is part of a broader response in the West to allegations that the Kremlin was involved in the nerve-agent poisoning of a former Russian spy and his daughter in Salisbury, England.
NEWS.com.au
March 26, 2018
Australia expels two Russian spies. Australia is following other world powers in expelling two Russian diplomats it believes are intelligence agents over the Skripal poisoning affair. Australian Associated PressMarch 27, 20189:35am. The Australian government is expelling two Russian diplomats it believes are undeclaredÃâà...
Newsroom
March 26, 2018
New Zealand appears unlikely to follow Western allies in expelling any Russian diplomats over the poisoning of a former spy, with Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern saying our intelligence officials are unaware of any Russian spies operating here. However, Ardern has said the Government is keeping itsÃâà...
NEWS.com.au
March 26, 2018
Police in the UK during an investigation into a nerve-agent attack on a former Russian spy. Picture: AFP/Ben StansallSource:AFP. The US actions came as more than a dozen nations, including those in Russia's neighbourhood, were expected to announce similar steps to reduce Russia's diplomaticÃâà...
MyNorthwest.com
March 26, 2018
It shouldn't come as much of a surprise that Russia's consulate in Seattle would close as the United States expels 60 diplomats from the country. RELATED: A less dangerous way Russia's leader can prove his manhood? After all, the consulate is in close proximity to naval bases, an Air Force base, andÃâà...
Deutsche Welle
March 26, 2018
The poisoning of former Russian spy Sergei Skripal has caused a standoff between Russia and the UK. Russia has denied knowledge of the poisoning but that hasn't stopped other countries taking action. Sergei Skripal (picture-alliance/dpa/Tass)Ãâà...
Washington Examiner
March 26, 2018
A dozen Russian spies “have abused their privilege of residence” at the United Nations in New York City, State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert ... The expulsions are part of a broader Western response to the poisoning of a former Russian spy living in the United Kingdom, an incident that BritishÃâà...
The Guardian
March 26, 2018
Army Officers remove the bench where Sergei Skripal and his daughter were found, in Salisbury. Photograph: Will Oliver/EPA. You're so tied up in Cambridge Analytica that you've let your attention slip from the other Big Story for March? Well it's OK, Dispatches and Matt Frei are here to remind and rekindle.
Vox
March 26, 2018
Trump expels 60 Russian spies as punishment for UK poisoning ... against Russia are the latest development in an international crisis that began March 4, when Sergei Skripal, a former Soviet and Russian spy, was found unconscious on a bench next to his daughter Yulia in the English city of Salisbury.
Los Angeles Times
March 26, 2018
The U.S. expulsion of 60 alleged Russian spies operating under a cloak of diplomacy and the closing of Moscow's last diplomatic outpost on the West Coast came in response to the nerve agent attack on a former Soviet spy and his daughter in Britain earlier this month that British and U.S. intelligenceÃâà...
The Sun
March 26, 2018
POISONED Russian spy Sergei Skripal had a secret ex-girlfriend in Salisbury who has been left "terrified" over the nerve agent attack. The mystery woman is understood to have been dating the 66-year-old but fears speaking to cops over possible repercussions if she comes forward. Sergei Skripal and hisÃâà...
RTE.ie
March 26, 2018
His remarks come as the Government has said Ireland will carry out a security assessment of Russian diplomats in Ireland with a view to possible further measures in the wake of the poisoning of former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in the UK on 4 March. Former deputy director ofÃâà...
Telegraph.co.uk
March 25, 2018
The former Russian double agent left close to death after a nerve agent attack in Salisbury had written to President Vladimir Putin asking to be pardoned and to be allowed to visit his home country, a friend has claimed. Vladimir Timoshkov, a friend of Sergei Skripal, said he regretted having spied for theÃâà...
BBC News
March 25, 2018
Sergei Skripal wrote to President Putin asking to be allowed to return home, a friend of the former spy told the BBC. Vladimir Timoshkov said Mr Skripal denied he was "a traitor" and asked for "complete forgiveness". The Kremlin denies receiving such a letter. Mr Skripal was jailed in Russia in 2006, but wasÃâà...
BBC News
March 24, 2018
There is "no way" any nerve agent held at the UK's Porton Down lab could be linked to the poisoning of a Russian ex-spy and his daughter, the site's chief executive has told the BBC. Gary Aitkenhead said suggestions by Russia that the proximity of the labs to the incident Salisbury might be somehow suspicious wereÃâà...
Newsweek
March 24, 2018
The former Russian double agent poisoned with a nerve toxin may never regain his full mental capacity, a British judge has warned, adding that the same goes for his daughter. Judge David Williams was delivering a ruling after blood samples from the Skripals tested positive for exposure to a nerve agent,Ãâà...
BBC News
March 24, 2018
The EU has recalled its ambassador to Moscow after leaders agreed it was "highly likely" Russia was responsible for a nerve agent attack in the UK. The European Council of EU leaders said there was "no plausible alternative". Moscow denies responsibility for the attack on an ex-spy and his daughter andÃâà...
The Guardian
March 23, 2018
Vladimir Putin is a long-term threat to Europe, says Theresa May. Photograph: Yuri Kadobnov/AP. Britain will encourage European leaders to expel Russian intelligence agents from their own countries in a bid to dismantle the Kremlin's networks across Europe, warning that the west faces a long-term threatÃâà...
Globalnews.ca
March 19, 2018
Russian spy attack response from West sends the message, 'We are on to you': expert ... Western countries that have over the past week denounced the recent poisoning of a former Russian spy and his daughter in the United Kingdom are “not stupid,” and are right to look past the denials issued byÃâà...
Press Herald
March 19, 2018
Commentary: Attack on former Russian spy a game-changer. The brazen poisoning of Sergei Skripal and his daughter disregarded norms of covert behavior, testing Britain's – and everyone else's – backbone. Share. facebook Ãâ÷ tweet Ãâ÷ email Ãâ÷ print. Read Article. Global spy games just got a little moreÃâà...
NEWS.com.au
March 19, 2018
Sergei Skripal: Ex-Russian spy possibly poisoned through BMW vents. BRITISH police believe this car may hold a vital clue into the poisoning of a Russian spy and his daughter. Debra Killalea and wires. news.com.auMarch 19, 20181:13pm. Video; ImageÃâà...
The Sun
March 19, 2018
Theresa May warns Russia Britain 'will never tolerate threat to Brit lives' as spy poisoning row escalates. Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Ãâ÷ Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Ãâ÷ Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window). Comments. Topics; Russian Spy PoisoningÃâà...
The Guardian
March 18, 2018
Police want anyone who saw Sergei Skripal's car on the morning of 4 March in Salisbury to get in touch. Photograph: Metropolitan Police/PA. Police have made a further appeal for information about the movements of Sergei Skripal in the hours before he and his daughter were found slumped on a bench inÃâà...
