Russian agents attacked Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia with Novichok in 2018 2010 – Sergei Skripal, a former Russian military intelligence officer jailed for spying for Britain, is released and flown to the UK as part of a swap with Russian agents caught in the United States. He settles in Salisbury. March 3, 2018 … Read more
Would you buy novichok spy Sergei Skripal’s house? Council buy poisoned Russian agent’s decontaminated home after 13,000 hours of cleaning and plan to sell it as residential property Sergei Skripal’s four-bedroom detached house has been bought by Wiltshire Council It has been lying empty since the assassination attempt with Novichok on Mr Skripal, 69, and … Read more
BOOK OF THE WEEK We Are Bellingcat by Eliot Higgins (Bloomsbury £20, 272 pp) The desk sergeant Phil Esterhaus in the classic Eighties cop TV series Hill Street Blues would famously end each morning roll call with a warning to his officers as they headed out onto the streets of New York: ‘Hey, let’s be … Read more
What, I sometimes wonder, is Donald Trump‘s worst nightmare? Being jailed? Perhaps, but I could see him quickly wielding his ‘art of the deal’ skills to work out a luxurious John Gotti style prison existence for himself, and of course, he’d love being centre of inmate attention 24/7. Losing all his money? It’s quite likely … Read more
Russia ‘tried to assassinate opposition leader Alexander Navalny with Novichok nerve agent a second time’ after he survived Siberia attack German sources have claimed Navalny was given a second dose while in a coma Navalny fell ill on flight to Moscow in August and brought to Berlin for treatment Later revealed that military labs had … Read more
Novichok hero police officer Nick Bailey’s wife reveals he’s still fighting for his pension after devastating long-term effects of deadly nerve agent forced him to quit the force Detective Sergeant Nick Bailey left fighting for life after struck with nerve agent Had to leave force due to illness after 18 years after attack in Salisbury, … Read more
Wife of police officer who quit after he was nearly killed by Novichok in Salisbury poisonings pays tribute to her ‘darling man’ as he thanks nation for ‘overwhelming’ reaction Nick Bailey yesterday announced that he had to ‘admit defeat’ after 18 years His wife Sarah replied to his announcement and said: ‘So proud of you!’ … Read more
Police officer nearly killed by Novichok during Salisbury poisonings quits force in bid to find ‘peace’ Detective Sergeant Nick Bailey was poisoned by Novickock in Salisbury in 2018 Nerve agent was on the door handle of former GRU spy Sergei Skripal’s home DS Bailey tweeted he’s leaving Wiltshire Police because he ‘can no longer do … Read more
Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny has shown his shaking hands as he continues to recover from a suspected novichok poisoning in August. Navalny made the comments during his first video appearance since being discharged from a Berlin hospital, recorded just six days after he was released. ‘My hands shake. If I were to drink water from … Read more
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has alleged that Vladimir Putin was behind the poison plot which left him fighting for his life. Pointing the finger directly at the Russian president for the first time, Navalny told German magazine Der Spiegel that ‘Putin is behind the crime and I don’t have any other versions of what … Read more