Two Russian spies accused of carrying out the Salisbury noichock nerve attack are at the centre of a serious crime investigation in the Czech Republic. Czech police said on Saturday they were searching for two men carrying various passports, including Russian passports in the names of Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov. The names matched those … 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
Russian biochemist who created NOVICHOK invents new drug to tackle Covid-19 Dr Lenoid Rink was involved in the secret Soviet development of Novichok Novichok was used on the Skripals in Britain in 2012 and Alexei Navalny last year The new coronavirus-tackling drug is based on a Soviet medicine for leprosy Rink said the formulation has … 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
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
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
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