USA 27/08/2018 New U.S. sanctions on Russia due to come into force New U.S. sanctions on Russian were due to come into effect on Monday over the poisoning of a former KGB spy in England
United Kingdom 09/08/2018 UK pleased, Russia angry at US sanctions over Skripal case Washington's announcement of new sanctions against Russia over the Skripal poisoning has been welcomed in London, and condemned in Moscow.
United Kingdom 20/07/2018 Novichok victim released from UK hospital Charlie Rowley, one of two Britons poisoned with the nerve agent Novichok last month, has been released from hospital
United Kingdom 19/07/2018 Russian ambassador to UK shrugs off reports that suspects in Skripal case were identified Russian ambassador to UK shrugs off reports that suspects in Skripal case were identified, says he wants confirmation from Foreign Office or Scotland Yard.
United Kingdom 18/05/2018 Russian former spy discharged from UK hospital It is two months since Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yiulia were poisoned with a nerve agent in Salisbury.
Czech Republic 03/05/2018 Novichok-type nerve agent ‘produced in Czech Republic last year’ The nerve agent type used to poison an ex-Russian spy in Britain was produced last year in the Czech Republic, it’s been claimed.
United Kingdom 19/04/2018 British media watchdog investigates Russian RT channel Britain's media regulator has opened seven investigations into whether Russian news channel RT broke impartiality rules in broadcasts made since a Russian double-agent was poisoned in the English city of Salisbury last month
United Kingdom 18/04/2018 Britain and Russia wage war of words at chemical weapons conference Representatives from both countries traded accusations on the March 4th chemical attack in Salisbury
United Kingdom 18/04/2018 Salisbury clean up could take months Liquid nerve agent was used in Skripal attack
United Kingdom 12/04/2018 OPCW confirms use of Novichok in Skripal attack The attack prompted the biggest Western expulsion of Russian diplomats since the Cold War
United Kingdom 06/04/2018 Sergei Skripal no longer in a critical condition, says Salisbury hospital Russian former double-agent Skripal is said to be "improving rapidly" from the nerve agent attack.
world news 06/04/2018 Skripal's pets found dead at his home, after nerve agent attack Two guinea pigs were found dead at the home of Sergei Skripal and a cat had to be put down, British government officials revealed, following the nerve agent attack on the former spy and his daughter, Yulia.
USA 06/04/2018 UK 'playing with fire' in Skripal affair, Russia warns Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia says the substance used in spy poisoning is 'not copyrighted by Russia'
brussels bureau 05/04/2018 UK-Russia: Could tensions further escalate over poisoning? "Russia is by no means positioning itself to back down and in someway to accept responsibility for this, instead it is seeking the highest possible ways to question its responsibility."
United Kingdom 05/04/2018 British police release statement by Yulia Skripal The statement appeared after Russian TV reported that Sergei Skripal is also getting better
Russia 05/04/2018 Expelled US diplomats leave Moscow embassy Sixty diplomats leave Russia in the retaliatory expulsions following the poisoning of former double agent Sergei Skripal.
brussels bureau 04/04/2018 OPCW begins Skripal investigation in The Hague UK says Russia's call for a joint investigation into the poisoning is "perverse"
no comment 01/04/2018 US diplomatic staff load truck outside St Petersburg consulate US diplomatic staff continued to move items out from their consulate building in St Petersburg on Saturday after Moscow ordered its closure and the expulsion of 60 US diplomats days earlier.
Russia 31/03/2018 Russia expels 60 US diplomats in escalating global standoff Moscow expels 60 US diplomats and closes the American embassy in St Petersburg in an escalating global standoff provoked by the poisoning of a former Russian double-agent living in the UK.
