Sergei Skripal

Who protects British democracy from Russia? No one, concludes UK Parliament report

The report described how British politicians had welcomed Russia's oligarchs to London, allowing them to launder their illicit money through what it called the London “laundromat”

Russia detains American citizen in Moscow suspected of espionage; criminal case filed by Federal Security Service

Russia has detained a US citizen in Moscow accused of spying, the FSB security service said on Monday. It said in a statement that the American was detained on Friday "while carrying out an act of espionage" and that a criminal case had been opened.

US cites Russia's 'disregard for international norms', sanctions for meddling in 2016 polls, nerve agent attack in UK

The US will continue to work with international allies to take collective action to defend against sustained malign activity by Russia, its proxies, and intelligence agencies, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said

Switzerland launches criminal proceedings against two suspected Russian spies accused of launching cyber attack on WADA

Swiss officials have said the two suspects, arrested in the Netherlands earlier this year, were planning a cyber attack on the Spiez laboratory in Bern and launched an attack on the Lausanne office of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).

UK investigative group identifies Sergei Skripal poisoning suspect as GRU colonel Anatoliy Chepiga

The ivestigative group, Bellingcat, said the suspect whose passport name was Ruslan Boshirov, is in fact Colonel Anatoliy Chepiga, who was awarded Russia's highest medal, the Hero of Russia in 2014.

Russia says UK blaming Kremlin for nerve agent attack on spy Sergei Skripal is 'unacceptable'

Russia has long denied any involvement in the attack on Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in Salisbury and insisted it is ready to cooperate on any investigation.

UK dismisses claim of two Russian nerve agent attack suspects as "lies and blatant fabrications"

The UK government Thursday dismissed as "lies and blatant fabrications" the claim of the two Russians accused of carrying out a deadly nerve agent attack in the country on a former Russian spy and his daughter that they were innocent civilian tourists.

Vladimir Putin says men suspected of poisoning former spy in UK identified as civilians, urges them to speak to media

The British government has said Putin is ultimately responsible for the nerve agent attack on Sergei Skripal, a claim the Kremlin has strongly denied.

UK security minister says Russian president 'ultimately' responsible for nerve agent attack on former spy

The UK blamed Russia for the 4 March attack, sparking furious denials. In the aftermath, Britain and its allies expelled dozens of Russian diplomats, prompting Russian to respond in kind.

Britain charges two Russians for State-backed nerve agent attack on ex-spy Sergei Skripal, his daughter Yulia

Skripal, himself a former GRU officer who betrayed dozens of agents to Britain’s MI6 foreign spy service, was found unconscious with Yulia on a public bench in the southern English city of Salisbury on 4 March