Sergei Skripal

France

Are the French Alps a hub for a Russian espionage network?

Towns such as Megeve, Chamonix, and Annemasse in the Haute-Savoie department in the Alps is said to have been used as a logistics base for the covert operations of at least 15 Russian spies in Europe.

06/12/2019

World News

British PM May confronts Putin over Skripal poisoning at G20

Russia must end its"irresponsible and destabilising activity" if relations between the two countries were to improve, May told Putin during a tense meeting at the G20 summit in Japan.

28/06/2019

United Kingdom

Theresa May confronts Vladimir Putin over poisoning of former Russian spy in UK

British Prime Minister Theresa May confronted Russian President Vladimir Putin over the poisoning of former Russian spy Sergei Skripal in the UK last year

28/06/2019

United Kingdom

Skripal poisoning: UK, Russia mark anniversary of Novichok attack

"Today is an important milestone for Salisbury as it emerges from the shadow cast by the use of chemical weapons on the steets of our country," May said.

04/03/2019

World

Salisbury poisoning suspect was 'awarded top military honour by Putin'

Investigative webste Bellingcat has claimed that the second suspect in the Salisbury poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal is a Russian doctor who received a top military honour from President Vladimir Putin

10/10/2018

World

Second Skripal poisoning suspect was decorated as a hero by Putin in 2014: Bellingcat

Alexander Mishkin, the second man accused of poisoning Sergei and Yulia Skripal in Salisbury, was decorated as a hero by Putin in 2014, said investigative group Bellingcat.

09/10/2018

United Kingdom

Real identity of second Russian linked to Skripal poisoning revealed by Bellingcat

The second Russian who Britain says was responsible for the poisoning of former double-agent. Sergei Skripal was a military doctor for Russia's GRU military intelligence unit, investigative website Bellingcat said on Monday.

08/10/2018

World

UK Foreign Secretary calls out Russian cyberattacks in pointed statement

"We will expose the Russian intelligence service" - the message from British foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt as Britain takes aim at Russia. The UK foreign office is blaming Russian intelligence services for six cyber-attacks in an aggressive statement that directly implicates Vladimir Putin.

04/10/2018

United Kingdom

'We were in Salisbury for its cathedral', say Novichok attack suspects

UK government says interview contains 'blatant fabrications' and is 'offensive'.

13/09/2018

Russia

What is Russia's secretive GRU intelligence agency?

The UK government has claimed two GRU officers carried out the Salisbury Novichok attack — different from the KGB, what do we know about Russia's most secretive intelligence agency?

07/09/2018

World

Two Russians charged in Skripal Novichok poison case

Two Russian nationals have been named and charged in the attempted murder of Yulia and Sergei Skripal, who were poisoned by the nerve agent Novichok in Salisbury earlier this year. British PM Theresa May says the men's actions were not 'a rogue operation.'

06/09/2018

Russia

'No one in Russia believes this story' Russia security expert tells Eu

Russian security expert Aleksey Podberezkin tells Euronews that no one in Russia believes that Moscow was involved in the poisoning of former agent Sergei Skripal.

05/09/2018

United Kingdom

Novichok nerve agent attacks in England: what we know

Here is all you need to know about the Novichok poisonings in England — thought to be the first use of a nerve agent in Europe since the World War II.

05/09/2018

USA

New santions on Russia over poisoned former KGB spy

New U.S. sanctions on Russian were due to come into effect on Monday over the poisoning of a former KGB spy in England

27/08/2018

United Kingdom

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.

09/08/2018

United Kingdom

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

20/07/2018