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Biggest concerted action against Russian intelligence since Cold War

More than 100 Russian diplomats expelled following Skripal poisoning

Russia

Diplomatic row shows no sign of calming three weeks after poisoning

The diplomatic row between the UK and Russia shows no sign of being resolved as the Kremlin makes counter-claims against UK allegations

Russia

Russia defiant as its diplomats arrive home

Russia is defiant as the 23 of its diplomats expelled by the UK arrive back in Moscow. The Ambassador even suggests the UK may be in breach of its international obligations.

United Kingdom

Car recovered in Skripal poisoning case

Police have recovered a car near Salisbury in the UK. The vehicle is thought to have been used to collect poisoning victim Sergei Skripal's daughter Yulia from the airport on 3 March.

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United Kingdom

Video showing Putin projected onto UK Foreign Office is a fake, govern

A video purporting to show Vladimir Putin's face being projected onto the British Foreign Office in London on the night of the Russian elections is fake, according to the UK government.

Europe News

EU offers UK 'unqualified solidarity' after poison attack

Show of support comes as Kremlin tells Britain to back up its assertions or apologise over the poisoning of a Russian double agent and his daughter

Russia

Russia - West confrontations 'will continue', political analyst says

Vladimir Putin operates a concept of Russia being under constant attack and constantly defending itself, according to Andrei Kolesnikov

United Kingdom

Skripal: Russia can ask for an inquiry over its toxin fears

A leading chemical weapons expert says if Russia is concerned that the nerve agent used in the Salisbury spy attack may have been produced in the UK, it can ask the OPCW to launch an investigation.

World News

Was the Salisbury spy toxin from the UK?

That is the claim from Russia's Ambassador to the EU, Vladimir Chizhov.

United Kingdom

Boris Johnson: ‘overwhelmingly likely’ that Putin ordered spy attack

The British foreign secretary’s comments follow the UK government's earlier conclusion that Russia is to blame for the nerve agent attack on ex-spy Sergei Skripal.

United Kingdom

Labour’s Corbyn warns UK government on blaming Russia for spy attack

The UK opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn condemns the Salisbury nerve agent attack but warns that “rushing” ahead of the evidence in blaming the Russian state could bring a “new cold war”.

Ukraine

Litvinenko widow criticises May over Skripal

Prime Minister Theresa May told parliament Britain would expel 23 Russian diplomats