The chemical structure and mechanism of action of a top-secret family of nerve agents known as novichoks may soon be on the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) list of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). The term novichok (which means "novice" in Russian) was given by Western scientists to a class of nerve agents [...]
read moreNew reports from some Russian sites are reporting that a third man with a fake name is involved in the affair of former spy Sergei Skripal in England last year. Skripal, a former military intelligence officer, had settled in the English city of Salisbury in 2010, after spending several years in a Russian prison on charges of [...]
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On the Twitter profile of the Russian embassy in London it is clearly written that the evidence of the Skripal case has been destroyed by the British authorities. The reference is to the dismantling of part of Sergey Skripal's home in Salisbury, announced in recent days by the British security forces. "The evidence on Salisbury poisoning is systematically [...]
read moreThe amount of poison used in Britain for the attack on former Russian spy Sergei Skripal could kill "thousands of people". This was stated by investigators on a British television program. Skripal, a former military intelligence officer, was transferred to the English city of Salisbury in 2010, after spending several years in a Russian prison for espionage […]
read moreGuy Parmelin, head of the Swiss Federal Department of Defense, and Jean-Philippe Gaudin, director of the Federal Information Service of the Confederation (NDB), told the press last week that Russian espionage activity in Switzerland has increased significantly. Gaudin refused to provide further details and the numbers of Moscow agents in [...]
read moreSergei Skripal, the Russian double agent who was poisoned with a nerve agent of military origin in England earlier this year, also worked for Spanish intelligence. Skripal, a former military intelligence officer who worked as a spy for Britain in the early 2000s, had kept a low profile while living in the [...]
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Another attack with chemical agents on British territory, security forces on alert while Theresa May's office has made it known that the episode of alleged exposure of two people to an "unknown substance" is being treated "with the utmost seriousness". An emergency meeting then took place at the government in London, then another was [...]
read moreFormer Russian spy Sergey Skripal, poisoned with his daughter Yulia in Salisbury in Great Britain on March 4, had made several trips abroad since his move to British territory, according to the New York Times, in particular to Prague in 2012 and in Estonia in 2016. According to the newspaper, it could have been these movements and [...]
read moreThe substance used on Sergei Skripal was an agent called BZ, according to the Swiss Spiez laboratory, the Russian foreign minister said. The toxin was never produced in Russia, but was in service in the United States, the United Kingdom and other NATO states. Sergei Skripal, former Russian double agent, and [...]
read moreThe British government could transfer Sergei Skripal, the Russian double spy who appears to have survived an assassination attempt in England, to the US to protect him from further attacks. Last week the BBC reported that Skripal, which had been in critical condition for nearly a month, was "improving rapidly". Skripal, 66, who has [...]
read moreThe Russian ambassador, Vassily Nebenzia, spoke to the UN, during the meeting of the Security Council, accused the British government of "playing with fire" with the false accusations regarding the role of Moscow in the poisoning of the former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and daughter in Salisbury. Nebenzia called the accusations against Moscow a "fake story", and [...]
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Although the size is unprecedented, the recent expulsions of more than 150 diplomats by some 30 countries and organizations around the world have hardly dented Russia's huge diplomatic footprint. Coordinated expulsions were announced last week in response to Britain's accusations that the Kremlin attempted […]
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Britain secured the largest expulsion of Russian diplomats in history by sharing "unprecedented intelligence" with dozens of foreign countries about the attempted murder of former spy Sergei Skripal. Nearly 30 countries and international organizations, including the European Union and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, have expelled or refused to [...]
read moreSergei Skripal, the Russian double agent who was poisoned with a military-grade nerve agent in England earlier this month, wrote to the Kremlin asking to return to Russia, according to one of his old school friends. Skripal, 66, and his daughter Yulia, 33, remain in critical condition in the hospital, [...]
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Trump will soon meet Putin but, like the leaders of the various European countries, he is ready to expel Moscow diplomats from the United States after the story of the nerve gas used to eliminate former Russian spy Serghei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in Salisbury. Bloomberg reports that the decision may not be final. [...]
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Britain is seeking help from other European countries to take action against Russian spy networks that could prepare for attacks similar to the nerve attack on a former Russian spy in England. British Prime Minister Theresa May will call for joint action between the states of the European Union, at the next summit [...]
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The Salisbury police operation could still take several weeks. The British government is expelling 23 Russian diplomats after Moscow refused to explain how a nerve agent was used against former Russian spy Sergei Skripal, 66, and his 33-year-old daughter Yulia in Salisbury on Sunday, March 4. The prime minister […]
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The nerve agent who poisoned the Russian double spy in England last week may have been smeared on the handle of his car, according to some sources. Sergei Skripal, 66, and his daughter Yulia, 33, are in critical condition after being poisoned on March 4 by strangers in the English city of Salisbury. Skripal, [...]
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As supposed by Britain, the United States also speculates that it is "very likely" that Russia is behind the poisoning of former spy Sergei Skripal. Rex Tillerson, US Secretary of State, has "that Russia is behind the poisoning of former spy Sergei Skripal and threatens" serious consequences ". In a note, the Secretary of State [...]
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