British warship ‘was expelled from Crimean coast by Putin’s navy and air force after breaking through Russian defences’, FSB claim Russia’s security services detailed the alleged incident from October 2020 The FSB said the HMS Dragon was ‘expelled’ from waters off the coast of Crimea Ship had claimed the right of innocent passage but was viewed … Read more
At least 250,000 small businesses could shut up shop for good this year, according to the Federation of Small Businesses. Confidence is at an all-time low and a record number of businesses revealed plans to close their firms in the coming 12 months, its latest Small Business Index shows. Meanwhile, one in five SMEs reduced … Read more
Russia‘s FSB security service was behind the poisoning of Alexei Navalny in an operation which was likely approved ‘at the highest echelons of the Kremlin’, according to an investigative report by Bellingcat. Navalny was targeted after ‘years of surveillance’ in which the Putin critic was ‘shadowed’ by a special FSB unit – who may even … Read more
Six police officers are injured after suicide bomb blast near Russian FSB headquarters By Chris Jewers For Mailonline Published: 11:25 GMT, 11 December 2020 | Updated: 11:38 GMT, 11 December 2020 Six police officers have been injured after a suicide bomb blast near Russia‘s FSB headquarters, authorities have said. Officers moved to stop the bomber … Read more
A senior FSB officer has become the highest-ranked Russian official linked to the investigation into the MH17 jet tragedy. Col. Gen. Andrei Burlaka, the FSB Border Service’s chief of operational staff, has been named as the highest-ranking person of interest in the criminal investigation into the downing of the plane, by open-source intelligence site Bellingcat and … Read more