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Russia

'Why do they only get poisoned and perish in Britain!?'

Spymaster speaks to Euronews

United Kingdom

Reports of nerve gas traces in restaurant

Russian ex-spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia remain in hospital in a critical but stable condition after they were poisoned with a nerve agent

United Kingdom

Soldiers on Salisbury streets as terror investigation deepens

Police extend their investigation and evidence gathering quickens into double poisoning.

Russia

Russian TV anchor warns 'traitors' not to settle in Britain

State TV news presenter Kirill Kleimenov said: "The profession of a traitor is one of the most dangerous in the world," and that traitors rarely live a long and peaceful life.

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Russia

What authority does Putin have to order extrajudicial killings abroad?

Experts are divided over whether legislation passed 12 years ago could be linked to the poisoning in Salisbury.

United Kingdom

UK Foreign Minister vows 'robust response' to Skripal spy case

UK Foreign Minister Boris Johnson vows to give a 'robust response' to the attack on former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia.

Russia

Skripal case sparks UK-Russia spy row

The Russian Foreign Ministry says Skripal illness is being cynically used to escalate an anti-Russian campaign in Britain.

United Kingdom

UK ready to take 'robust' action in case of critically ill Russian spy

As Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter lie critically ill in hospital, comparisons with the 2006 poisioning of Alexander Litvinenko are circulating. The police have offered reassurance, and the UK government has promised "robust" action if necessary.

United Kingdom

UK government in emergency briefings over Russian spy 'poisoning'

The UK government's emergency committee Cobra is to meet as anti-terrorist police take charge of the probe into the suspected poisoning of Russian spy, Sergei Skripal, and his daughter.

Russia

Russia 'ready to help' in UK spy case

However Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov says he has no information on what he called a 'tragic situation'

United Kingdom

UK: Was critically-ill former Russian spy poisoned?

Sergei Skripal, 66, and a woman, 33, were found unconscious on a bench in southern England after being exposed to an unidentified substance

Russia

Ex-spy Sergei Skripal: who would want to try and kill him and why now?

Sergei Skripal, 66, and his daughter, Yulia, 33, are fighting for their lives after being exposed to an “unknown substance” in southern England. But who is Skripal, who would want to try and kill him and why?

Estonia

Russia and Estonia swap spies

The men were exchanged on the border between the two countries after they received presidential pardons

World News

Spy arrest in Ukraine clouds Britain's relations with Russia

The arrest of an alleged spy in Ukraine risks straining UK-Russia relations even further.

Germany

German intelligence warning of Chinese LinkedIn spying 'groundless' –

Germany's spy agency says China has been using fake social media profiles to try to infiltrate German politics and business.

United Kingdom

Kaspersky CEO denies spying for Russia

Eugene Kaspersky, CEO of the self titled anti-virus software group says he would leave Russia if authorities asked him to spy for them

World

World Cup rivals used a drone to spy on our tactics, says Honduras

The allegations come ahead of a game between the pair that will decide who goes to Russia next summer.

United Kingdom

Daniel Craig says he will do Bond "one more time"

Having said recently he'd rather "slash his wrists" than play James Bond again, Daniel Craig now says he will make one more movie.

Italy

Italy accuses Russia of huge hack of its foreign ministry outposts

Italy's Foreign Ministry has confirmed a Russian hack of its diplomatic facilities "lasted years".

China

China kills US sources, crippling CIA - report

China killed or imprisoned up to 20 CIA sources between 2010 and 2012, the New York Times has reported.