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‘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

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

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

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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

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 Conversation

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 Independent UK

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

The Guardian - UK

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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.

Al Jazeera

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.

Bangkok Post

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

The Independent UK

'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

Daily Mirror

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.

The Independent UK

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

Daily Mirror

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.”

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Wales Online

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

Daily Mirror

Inside missile horror of MH17 plane disaster which killed 298 on flight across Europe

Three Russians and a Ukrainian were charged in the Netherlands with murder for their alleged involvement in shooting down the Boeing 777 and on Thursday they will be in court again

Daily Mirror

Putin has 1,000 spies in Britain hiding behind normal jobs from teachers to baristas

Russia's spies, handled by SVR, the Kremlin’s version of MI6, have even infiltrated high levels of government, experts say. Calls are being made for the public to be warned of the insider threat

The Independent UK

Berlin embassy spy case reminiscent of John Le Carre thriller

Hopes of a warmer co-existence with Russia have been gradually snuffed out since the Cold War ended.

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Reuters

UK orders some details to be kept secret in Novichok poisoning inquiry

The British government has ordered some documents to be kept secret by an inquiry into the death of a woman killed by the Novichok nerve agent following the 2018 attempted murder of former Russian spy Sergei Skripal, the inquiry heard on Friday.

The Independent UK

Salisbury attack inquiry will establish whether British government was right to name Russia responsible

Family of victim Dawn Sturgess express concern as no date yet set for public inquiry to start

The Independent UK

How an international assassination attempt brought horror to the streets of a sleepy English city

Andy Gregory looks back on the shocking and tragic events that thrust the Wiltshire city into global headlines

Daily Mirror

Who is Gavin Williamson? MP's pet tarantula, knighthood and telling Russia to 'go away'

Former defence and education secretary Gavin Williamson has left the cabinet for a third time after accusations about his past behaviour hit the press. His political career has rarely been far from controversy

Daily Record

Lord Lucan breakthrough as mystery man's face is 'exact match' for missing killer

Lord Lucan is 'identical' to a resident in Australia who 'has many aliases', according to experts.

Daily Mirror

Lord Lucan breakthrough as mystery man's face is EXACT match for missing killer

Lord Lucan disappeared the day after he murdered his family nanny Sandra Rivett, with friends having claimed he jumped off a cross-channel ferry

The Independent UK

Novichok police force chief to retire

Kier Pritchard will leave Wiltshire Police in June 2023 having spent his entire career with the force after joining as a 19-year-old.

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