Russian Dissidents Face Harassment And Attacks Abroad Russian intelligence operations targeting dissidents abroad raise concerns about Kremlin's reach and suppression of opposition voices. Top News · May 3, 2024
US accuses Russia of using chemical weapons in Ukraine war Washington says Moscow breached global ban on chemical weapons with use of chloropicrin and tear gas. Al Jazeera · May 2, 2024
Russian Pilot Who Defected To Ukraine Found Dead In Spain: Report The pilot was found with at least five bullet wounds. International Business Times UK · Feb 20, 2024
Alexei Navalny is the latest Putin critic to die in suspicious circumstances The death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny in prison was shocking, but hardly surprising. It follows a long line of fallen critics and opponents of Russian leader Vladimir Putin. WEKU · Feb 16, 2024
The mysterious, violent and unsolved deaths of Putin’s foes and critics Alexei Navalny is latest of Putin’s opponents to have died over course of Russian leader’s nearly 25 years in power The Guardian - UK · Feb 16, 2024
MI6 chief thanks Putin’s TV channel for help in encouraging Russians to spy for the UK The head of Britain's foreign intelligence agency has thanked Russian state television for encouraging Russians to spy for the UK The Independent UK · Dec 12, 2023
MI6 chief thanks Russian state television for its ‘help’ in encouraging Russians to spy for the UK The head of Britain's foreign intelligence agency has thanked Russian state television for encouraging Russians to spy for the UK after it broadcast part of a speech he gave earlier this year where he called on Russians to join hands with British intelligence The Independent UK · Dec 12, 2023
Wife Of Ukraine's Spy Chief Poisoned With Heavy Metals: Report Some experts have claimed that Russia might be responsible for the attack. International Business Times UK · Nov 29, 2023
US fears Canada-India row over Sikh activist's killing could upend strategy for countering China The Biden administration is nervously watching an ongoing dispute between Canada and India The Independent UK · Oct 7, 2023
UK government’s refusal to confirm Skripal spy role is ‘surreal’, lawyers say Michael Mansfield KC criticises argument for restriction orders before inquiry into 2018 novichok poisoning of Dawn Sturgess The Guardian - UK · Sep 6, 2023
‘Some material will be kept secret’ in Salisbury poisonings inquiry Chairman Lord Hughes said matters of national security and police workings will have to be heard in private. The Independent UK · Sep 6, 2023
Yevgeny Prigozhin and the long list of those who challenged Vladimir Putin and paid the price Stefan Wolff professor of international security at the University of Birmingham explains how Yevgeny Prigozhin is just another in a long line of those who have faced an early demise after opposing Vladimir Putin. The Week · Aug 28, 2023
Twenty years of ruthlessness: how Russia has silenced Putin’s opponents From poisonings to shootings to falls from windows and now possibly plane crashes, Kremlin has been accused of numerous lethal attacks The Guardian - UK · Aug 27, 2023
Nerve agents, poison and window falls. Over the years, Kremlin foes have been attacked or killed Over the years, Kremlin political critics, turncoat spies and journalists have been killed in a variety of ways The Independent UK · Aug 25, 2023
The Conversation · Aug 24, 2023 Yevgeny Prigozhin: Wagner Group boss joins long list of those who challenged Vladimir Putin and paid the price Two months after challenging Vladimir Putin’s leadership in an apparent but abortive “mutiny”, Yevgeny Prigozhin – the former owner of the mercenary private military company Wagner Group – has joined a long list of prominent Russians to die in mysterious circumstances.
The Independent UK · Aug 23, 2023 UK watching closely following reports of Wagner chief’s death in plane crash Yevgeny Prigozhin was reportedly killed in a crash more than 180 miles north of Moscow.
The Guardian - UK · Aug 15, 2023 Russia turning to sleeper cells and unofficial agents Moscow has turned to riskier methods of espionage after expulsion of spies it had placed under diplomatic cover in Europe
Al Jazeera · Jun 19, 2023 Russia plotted to kill defector in Florida: Report New York Times report details failed attempt to kill the CIA informant, resulting in ‘tit for tat’ diplomatic row.
Bangkok Post · May 21, 2023 German police say probing suspected poisoning of Russian exiles German police are investigating the possible poisoning of exiled Russians after a journalist and an activist reported health problems following a Berlin meeting of dissidents, a spokesman for the force said on Sunday.
The Independent UK · May 11, 2023 Putin ‘doesn’t have enough Novichok for all his critics’, ex-state journalist says Russian dissident Marina Ovsyannikova also discussed how Vladimir Putin could lose power
Daily Mirror · Apr 3, 2023 'I lost my soulmate and home in Salisbury poisonings - five years on I want answers' Dawn Sturgess, 44, died after she was exposed to the nerve agent Novichok left in a perfume bottle in Amesbury, Wiltshire, in July 2018
The Independent UK · Feb 17, 2023 Tensions between UK and Russia formed backdrop for spying case The David Smith spying allegations came as tensions simmered between the UK and Vladimir Putin’s Russia.
Daily Mirror · Feb 4, 2023 House where retired Russian spy was poisoned with Novichok is sold 5 years after attack Sergei Skripal and his daughter nearly died in the attack in Salisbury, Wiltshire, after it is believed Russian agents sprayed poison on the front door. The house has now been sold
The Independent UK · Dec 9, 2022 Griner case latest in string of high-profile prisoner swaps Delicate negotiations between the United States and Russia led to basketball star Brittney Griner’s return in exchange for notorious arms dealer once nicknamed “the Merchant of Death.”
Wales Online · Nov 28, 2022 Russian sleeper agents have infiltrated UK, warns ex-MI6 operative The spies are reportedly primed to kill on the command of Russian President Vladimir Putin