Sergei Skripal

EU sanctions Russia military intel chief over Skripal

The European Union slaps sanctions on the two most senior officers in Russian military intelligence and identifies the two agents accused by Britain of carrying out a chemical attack.

Britain expels 23 Russian diplomats over spy poisoning

British Prime Minister Theresa May expells 23 diplomats and suspended high-level contacts with Russia including for the World Cup, saying her government found Moscow "culpable" of a nerve agent attack on a former spy.

Highly likely Russia behind spy attack: UK PM

British Prime Minister Theresa May says it was "highly likely" that Moscow is responsible for the poisoning in England of Russian former double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter using a military-grade nerve agent.

Kremlin ‘ready to cooperate’ over former spy’s illness in UK

Former Russian spy Sergei Skripal, who was convicted by Russia of betraying agents to British intelligence, is critically ill after exposure to an unidentified substance in Britain, two sources close to the investigation tells Reuters.

January 22, 2019
January 22, 2019

EU sanctions Russia military intel chief over Skripal

The European Union slaps sanctions on the two most senior officers in Russian military intelligence and identifies the two agents accused by Britain of carrying out a chemical attack.

March 14, 2018
March 14, 2018

Britain expels 23 Russian diplomats over spy poisoning

British Prime Minister Theresa May expells 23 diplomats and suspended high-level contacts with Russia including for the World Cup, saying her government found Moscow "culpable" of a nerve agent attack on a former spy.

March 13, 2018
March 13, 2018

Highly likely Russia behind spy attack: UK PM

British Prime Minister Theresa May says it was "highly likely" that Moscow is responsible for the poisoning in England of Russian former double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter using a military-grade nerve agent.

March 6, 2018
March 6, 2018

Kremlin ‘ready to cooperate’ over former spy’s illness in UK

Former Russian spy Sergei Skripal, who was convicted by Russia of betraying agents to British intelligence, is critically ill after exposure to an unidentified substance in Britain, two sources close to the investigation tells Reuters.