Poisoned former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal wrote to Vladimir Putin asking to be pardoned and to be able to visit his home country, a friend has said.more
Russia's suggestion that poison used in the Salisbury incident came from a UK facility, is "just not true", according to the director of the military research centre at Porton Down, Gary Aitkenhead.more
The British Council said in a statement on Thursday it has been instructed by the Russian foreign ministry to cease activity in Russia and it has canceled all scheduled events and programs.more
A Russian cybersecurity company suspected of links to the Kremlin is alleged to have exposed a covert American counterterrorism programme targeting Islamist extremists.more
The poisoned daughter of a former Russian spy reportedly 'briefly' woke up after arriving in hospital, however was 'unable to communicate in any meaningful way'.more
The EU has offered the UK "unqualified solidarity" in its investigation into the poisoning of ex-Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter in Salisbury.more
Police have warned that the investigation into the poisoning of Sergei Skripal will not be over quickly, saying it may take "many months" before they work out what exactly happened in the nerve gas attack in Salisbury, England.more
Vladimir Putin has posted a landslide victory in Russia's election, with exit polls showing he has secured at least 73% of the vote, a marked improvement on the 63.6% he won in 2012.more
British Prime Minister Theresa May thanked Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki for "strong support" from Poland in the context of the British-Russian crisis after the attack with chemical weapons on Sergey Skripal - the British Prime Minister's office informed.more
Boris Johnson has said the UK is in possession of evidence that Russia has been exploring nerve-agent based assassinations and that the country has been stockpiling deadly chemical weapons in the last decade.more
17 British politicians - incluging Iain Duncan Smith - have signed a letter to Foreign Minister Boris Johnson objecting to the Nord Stream-2 project.more
Moscow rejected British Prime Minister Theresa May's statement to parliament that it was "highly likely" Russia was responsible for the poisoning of a former spy in Britain.more
Theresa May has warned the Kremlin that Britain will not be cowed by its decision to expel 23 British diplomats in an escalation of the dispute following the Salisbury attack.more
Russia is to expel 23 British diplomats and shut down the British Council in the country amid increasing tensions over a nerve agent attack against a former spy and his daughter on British soil.more
In recent months, billboards around Russia have been advertising the coming presidential elections with the colours of the Russian flag and the message "Our country, our president, our choice".more
Britain's National Security Adviser Mark Sedwill told the Western NATO alliance on Thursday that the nerve agent attack on a Russian double agent was an issue for all 29 allies and blamed Moscow for the attempted murder.more
